Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06339 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/21/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6339
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 1930
 *01930*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. ALEXANDER, 58th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6339 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 1930

*01930*

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION 

Introduced by:

REP. ALEXANDER, 58th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMUTER RAIL STATION IN ENFIELD.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require the Department of Transportation, not later than 2016, to build a commuter rail station for the New Haven to Springfield rail line in the Thompsonville section of Enfield.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide a rail station for the New Haven to Springfield rail line at an important population hub, and encourage transit-oriented development there.