NEW REPORT EVALUATES CONNECTICUT BRIDGE CONDITIONS AND IDENTIFIES LOCAL BRIDGES IN NEED OF REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT
Local speakers join national research group in review of bridge conditions in Hartford County and statewide
WHEN:
9:30 a.m., Thursday, September 20, 2018
WHERE:
Connecticut Legislative Office Building – Room #2E
300 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT
WHAT:
deficient and in need of repair or replacement, according to a new report from TRIP, a national nonprofit transportation research group based in Washington, DC. Bridges that are structurally deficient have significant deterioration to the major components of the bridge. Local speakers will join TRIP on Thursday, September 20, to highlight the report’s findings and discuss possible solutions.
The report, Preserving Connecticut’s Bridges: The Condition and Funding Needs of Connecticut’s Aging Bridge System, examines bridge conditions and provides information on structurally deficient bridges statewide, and for each county. The report includes lists of structurally deficient bridges with the lowest average rating for the deck, substructure and superstructure, and lists of the most heavily traveled structurally deficient bridges by county and statewide.
WHO:
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), United States Senate
Representative Tony Guerrera, Connecticut General Assembly
Co-Chair, Connecticut General Assembly Transportation Committee
Lyle Wray, Executive Director, Capitol Region Council of Governments
Don Shubert, President, Connecticut Construction Industries Association
Rocky Moretti, Director of Research & Policy, TRIP
CONTACT:
Rocky Moretti (TRIP) 202.262.0714 (cell)
Carolyn Bonifas Kelly (TRIP) 703.801.9212 (cell)