The Clock Strikes 12; Will Malloy Build the Busway?

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is faced with his first major transportation policy decision: After a dozen years of planning, should the state proceed with its first true rapid-transit project, a $570 million Hartford-to-New Britain busway?

With a press conference today, environmentalists, regional planners, and business and labor representatives stepped up efforts to nudge Malloy to give his OK for a busway already approved for major federal funding.

"This is a project that can happen tomorrow," said Rep. Tim O'Brien, D-New Britain. "It is a project that is ready to go--almost."

The final call is Malloy's.

The governor repeatedly has endorsed increasing the state's investment in transportation infrastructure, especially mass transit, as a way to immediately produce construction jobs and eventually encourage economic development.

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