The state Department of Transportation plans to widen the sidewalk across the southbound Gold Star Memorial Bridge between Groton and New London so it is safer and easier to access for pedestrians and bicyclists. Tracey Brais, project manager with the DOT, told a room of more than 30 people in New London City Hall’s Council Chambers Monday evening that the DOT is excited about the $55 million project and thinks it’s going to create many improvements for bicyclists and pedestrians across the Thames River. The sidewalk expansion project will result in the reduction of one lane on the southbound bridge, she said. Brais said the southbound span currently has six lanes at the east end of the bridge and then it narrows down to five lanes. Once completed, the bridge will be mostly four lanes instead of five lanes as it is now. The DOT anticipates construction will start in the spring 2028 and be completed in the fall of 2029, she said.
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