Posted on 05/22/2012 1:12:17 PM PDT by matt04
After years of planning, state officials are scheduled to break ground on a rebranded, half billion-dollar Hartford-to-New Britain bus-only corridor, the only one in Connecticut.
Once known as the busway, the 9.4-mile route has been rebranded and is now called CTfastrak. Judd Everhart, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation, said busway was never the official name of the project, but was used as short hand.
Everhart said the name CTfastrak describes a new type of public transit, combining fast transportation free of traffic similar to rail travel with the flexibility and direct service of a bus.
The state is expected to pay $112 million for its share of the $567 million price tag.
Critics said it's too costly and felt ridership will fall short of projections.
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Connecticut should spend the money on a commuter rail from Waterbury to Hartford to Willimantic. A few years ago the Pequots (of which Liz Warren is not a member of) and the Mohegans (Again, Liz Warren is not a member) wanted (with the P& W Railroad) to rebuild the Midland Route (the old New Haven Hartford to Providence, RI route) to Willimantic. The Busway is a stupid idea. Commuter rail is a better idea.
Commuter Rail to Waterbury would be better. High Speed rail will be the New Haven - Hartford - Springfield (MA) - Brattleboro (VT) rail corridor!!
Just think of all the illegal aliens who will be able to find work building this! The folks in New Bri’innn can’t do the work, they’re too stoopit. “I seen ‘em”. And Hartford is full of crackhead blacks, so nobody wants to go there.
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