Don Shubert News Today

Lamont's budget would adhere to the fiscal guardrails and invest in child care and education while largely holding the line in other places.

The federal law offered a 40% funding increase to CT's transportation department. But the state has lost construction jobs since it passed.

Elation by the Connecticut building trades over the once-in-a-generation opportunities promised by President Joe Biden in the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law is giving way to frustration o...

On the first day of summer in 2016, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and transportation officials greeted reporters on a sunny parking deck in Middletown, a spot affording views of a placid bend in the Connecticut River and a treacherous half-mile of state highway. They came to announce a solution to a puzzle: How to remove two sets of traffic lights on Route 9, a contributor to about 260 crashes in three years on what otherwise is a limited-access highway, without cutting off the city’s riverfront or it...

Connecticut has wanted to remove two sets of traffic lights on Route 9 in Middletown for years. But the Department of Transportation is still choosing a design for the project.

CT’s long, winding trip to fix a short stretch of Route 9- On the first day of summer in 2016, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and transportation officials greeted reporters on a sunny parking deck in Middletown, a spot affording views of a placid bend in the Connecticut River and a treacherous half-mile of state...

CT has wanted to remove two sets of traffic lights on Route 9 in Middletown for years. But DOT is still choosing a design for the project.

Connecticut Middletown project is a smaller-scale dress rehearsal for the more ambitious production in Hartford

Shortly after winning reelection to a second term, Lamont tapped Eucalitto in November to succeed retiring DOT Commissioner James Giulietti.

Officials agree that CT needs to spend more or risk losing taxpayer confidence and its ability to maximize federal aid.