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CT DOT Lacks Credibility


by turfgrrl


February 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Isn’t this sort of a dog bites man story?

Sen. Bob Duff, D-25, majority whip, and Rep. Toni Boucher, R-143, who both serve the legislature’s transportation committee, said they had no idea the rail facility would cost more than the $300 million appropriation from 2005.

Jeff Beckham, a spokesman for the state Office of Policy Management, said the office was made aware of higher costs, but he wasn’t able to determine as of press time who found out and when.

“We understand that we’re going to have to fund that in the future, and we’ve been working with DOT to identify those funding needs,” he said.

Jim Cameron, chairman of the commuter council, said in an interview that failure to calculate the entire cost of the project in 2005 is a credibility problem for DOT.

“It sounds like creative fiction when they come with proposals when they are so undercut in terms of numbers,” Cameron said.

source: The Hour, Rail facility costs exceed DOT estimates by $300M, by Jared Newman, February 22, 2008

Tags: Transportation

3 Responses so far ↓ “CT DOT Lacks Credibility”



  • 1 Anonymous // Feb 22, 2008 at 12:22 pm

    maybe Duff could learn something from Miford they realized waiting is going to cost money, pay for it now or a lot more later. taken out of context
    this was Mifords mayor.

    The state Department of Environmental Protection had sought $90 million for the program, and the General Assembly approved that amount. But only $30 million of that was released by the Bond Commission last month.

    “We were disappointed when the Beaverbrook plant didn’t make it onto the priority list last month, but we believe that with this increase it will be funded,” Mayor James L. Richetelli Jr. said. “Our question is: With this increase, can we get funding to complete the pump stations and other work?”

    The entire project had been estimated to cost $64 million when it was approved by city officials four years ago, but delays since then and increases to the cost of steel, cement and oil have driven up the price tag another $30 million, the mayor said.

  • 2 Anonymous // Feb 23, 2008 at 10:15 am

    Given the inclement weather in the Fourth Congressional District this weekend, the forums addressing the sub-prime mortgage crisis scheduled to be held in Stamford and Bridgeport tomorrow will be postponed until March 1.

    The forum in Stamford will be held from 9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. at UConn, Stamford (subject to confirmation) at One University Place. The forum in Bridgeport, held in conjunction with Mayor Bill Finch, will be held from 1:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. at Barnum Museum at 820 Main Street. Free parking is available at People’s Bank.

    If you have any questions or concerns about the sub-prime crisis, please feel free to contact my office at one of the numbers listed below.

    Sincerely,

    Christopher Shays
    Member of Congress

  • 3 Anonymous // Mar 12, 2008 at 1:04 am

    Bob go back to the rock pile, wall or drawing board because CHFA said : Duff’s subprime bill is ‘unconstitutional’

    Maybe a coloring book would be more in line.

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