The Connecticut Department of Transportation has nearly 400 projects on tap for the next four years to repair or replace parts of the most heavily traveled roadways in the state — Interstates 84, 91 and 95 — and bridges all over Connecticut. The draft agenda is laid out in the recently released Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan for 2027–2030. The plan includes 380 projects statewide with a total cost of $5.5 billion. The CTDOT is programming $4.5 billion in federal funds matched by approximately $932 million in state funds and approximately $45 million from municipalities. Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration funding will include $13.8 million for public transportation operating assistance, $3.4 billion for highway and bridge capital programs and $1.1 billion for transit capital and operating costs. “It’s an important roadmap for hundreds of projects and billions of dollars’ worth of work,” Connecticut Department of Transportation spokesperson Josh Morgan said. Morgan said STIP is a federally required document that is frequently updated to outline a four-year spending commitment that shows where federal highway and federal transit administration money is going to go. “It has a lot of projects in there which are in the current STIP document like the Walk Bridge project in Norwalk, or the 691/91/Route 15 project in Meriden. The dollar amounts change. Think of project funding like a bell curve. That first or second year, you’re not spending as much, but then in those third and fourth years, when you’re really in the part of the project, you’re going to end up spending more because there’s more work happening,” Morgan said. Morgan said the STIP projects reach across all four corners of the state. Among the biggest projects are the Interstate-84 Pavement Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Danbury from the New York State line; Interstate-91/I-691/CT 15 Interchange Improvements in Meriden & Middletown and I-95 Gold Star Bridge Pedestrian Improvements in New London & Groton.
CT DOT planning hundreds of roadway projects with $5B price tag. Here’s a look
