The Connecticut Department of Transportation’s online map of roadway projects shows a total of 604 active road improvement and maintenance projects across the state. Despite the 90-degree heat, DOT spokesman Josh Morgan said, “It’s a super busy time of year given we only are able to work April-October (maybe a smidge later) because of weather.” Though all work halted for the Independence Day holiday, according to DOT, it restarted again on July 7. A high-friction surface treatment project in Preston, Hampton, Montville, Mansfield, Pomfret and Salem was scheduled to begin July 7. The project was awarded to WJ Surface Treatments at a cost of $1.5 million. Route 8 bridges over Laurel Hill Road in Torrington will be metalized between July 10 and Sept. 8. The project involves a total of 19 bridges along Route 8 between Torrington and Colebrook. Allied Painting Inc. was awarded the project at a cost of $15.7 million. Laurel Hill Road will be closed to traffic for the duration of the project, eastbound traffic detoured onto Harwinton Avenue.
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