According to data from the Bureau of Transportation, around 2,100 miles of Connecticut’s roads are classified as poor. Connecticut’s road quality assessment is based on the 2023 dataset of the Highway Performance Monitoring System. A spokesman for the state Department of Transportation said that the Highway Performance Monitoring System data “is not ideal for comparison, especially when just a one subset of one factor is used, due to differences in collection methods, network composition and size of network.” Regardless of where Connecticut’s true ranking actually lies, poor road quality on any level doesn’t come without a price. Poor road conditions are costing Americans an average of $1,400 annually in operating costs and lost time, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. “Driving on deteriorated roads costs Connecticut motorists $2.2 billion a year – $841 per driver – in the form of additional repairs, accelerated vehicle depreciation, and increased fuel consumption and tire wear,” according to a May report by TRIP, a nonprofit national transportation research group.
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