LCO No. 1742 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 103 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1742 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY Introduced by: SEN. BERGSTEIN, 36th Dist. AN ACT EXPEDITING THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF CERTAIN FAILING BRIDGES AND INCREASING THE SPEED OF TRAIN SERVICE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to direct the Department of 1 Transportation to (1) expedite the repair or replacement of four failing 2 bridges located between the city of New Haven and New York to 3 eliminate traffic congestion, and (2) increase the speed of train service 4 to achieve a thirty-minute travel time from New Haven to Stamford 5 and a thirty-minute travel time from Stamford to Grand Central. 6 Statement of Purpose: To expedite the repair or replacement of certain failing bridges and increase the speed of train service along the eastern corridor.