Merritt Parkway Safety Improvements, Resurfacing, Bridg

AdvanceNotice: Merritt Parkway Safety Improvements, Resurfacing, Bridge Improvements

$70,800,000


Project Type:	AdvanceNotice
Project Owner:	Connecticut Department of Transportation
Location:	Connecticut, United States, Fairfield (CT), Fairfield (CT), Trumbull (CT), 06611
Estimated Value:	$70,800,000
Estimated Jobs:	N/A - Congressional Budget Office As compared with 772 - White House Council of Economic Advisors
Category:	Construction - Roadways, Construction - Bridges and Tunnels
Market Sector:	State/Municipal
Publication Date:	03/10/2009
Contact Information:	Email: DOTContracts@po.state.ct.us Phone: 1-860-594-3390 Fax: 1-860-594-3370 Address: 2800 Berlin Turnpike, Newington, CT, 06131
Description:	FEDERAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY SPENDING. Trumbull/Fairfield: Merritt Parkway safety improvements, resurfacing, bridge improvements. $70.8 million. Connecticut expects to receive approximately $3 billion in stimulus funds.

Vote on this Project

Here is what 37 people think:

62.2% - Worthwhile (23 Votes)

1 - Energy Efficiency
2 - Environmental
16 - Long-Term Value
4 - Short-Term Value

37.8% - Unnecessary (14 Votes)

6 - Fraud/Abuse
1 - Not Competitive
7 - Too Costly

Comments (3)

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Bryan

Nov-12-2009 03:55:33 AM

This is a project that should have been funded out of the taxes Connecticut already collects at the gas pumps. And what they are calling safety improvements amounts to nothing more than cutting down some trees and paving the road. We used to call this maintenance. CT collects over $300 million a year in gas tax and spends less than half of that on the roads. Ridiculous. Your website shows 425 jobs created. I dare you to count more than 50 people ever working on this.

John

Nov-19-2009 11:21:11 AM

Reply to Bryan : Nicely put Brian, you've covered everything i was going to say.

Gill

Nov-23-2009 06:19:15 AM

Reply to Bryan : Bryan, your are absolutely correct. This entire road project has been on the design board for years and was going ahead with or without fed funds. The only winner here is O&G Construction, which happens to have a monopoly on all projects in CT. The fat cats at O&G are sitting back laughing there heads off at the profits they are making. Your correct in your count of people working at this site but what you don't see are the countless managers and politicians with no show job titles.

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