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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.