As the state Department of Transportation designs a $32.8 million rehabilitation of the Mohegan-Pequot Bridge, town officials have sent a letter to Gov. Ned Lamont saying the span needs to be wider. The DOT’s current plan to rehabilitate the bridge, which is in a design phase and not scheduled to begin construction until 2027, does not include bridge widening, only the replacement, rehabilitation or upgrading of certain components, and painting. But officials from Montville and Preston, along with local legislators, in meetings with the DOT, have urged that the bridge be widened, and that a bike or pedestrian lane be added. DOT officials indicated they had considered widening the span as part of the project, but it had been a much costlier option. Superstructure replacement, which would allow the widening, would cost about $206 million, while replacing the bridge would cost about $227 million.
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