by Harold F. Cobin on October 6, 2009 10:09 pm · 18 comments
WILTON — An eight-person coalition of opponents to constructing a new Route 7 expressway from Norwalk to Danbury spoke in Wilton Tuesday morning about why this “dead road,” as one described it, should never be built.
Led by state Sen. Toni Boucher, R-26th Dist., each took a turn in Wilton Town Hall presenting reasons why they thought the state should not go forward with its construction, which ranged from damaging wetlands and increasing air pollution to awaiting the results of widening the existing Route 7 and exploiting opportunities to increase service on the Danbury branch of the Metro-North Railroad.
by Harold F. Cobin on October 6, 2009 12:50 am · 6 comments
FAIRFIELD — With an excavator and bulldozer behind him as backdrop, Vice President Joe Biden on Monday said federal recovery funds are doing more than helping cover the cost of reconstructing portions of the Merritt Parkway. Joined by Sen. Christopher Dodd and Fourth District Rep. Jim Himes in a park-and-ride lot at exit 46 of the parkway, Biden said the funds are also rebuilding the country’s economy and its future.
About 300 people attended the mid-afternoon event, which also drew about a dozen anti-Dodd protesters.
Beside repairing infrastructure, Biden said, “We’re reinvesting in getting people off their knees, back to work, but also toward something — a more resilient, a transformative economy.”
