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Conn. Lawmaker Proposes Widening I-84 to Reduce Congestion Between Two Cities Conn. State Rep. Mitch Bolinsky is no stranger to traffic on Interstate 84 in his state. He knows the bottlenecks along the route from his home to the State Capitol in Hartford, including places where traffic merges in what he deems a chaotic or unsafe way, leading to frequent accidents. He knows he is not alone in being frustrated at the situation. “I experience it every day,” Bolinsky said. “But the most important thing is, I hear [it] from the constituents every day.”
As a result, Bolinsky has proposed a possible solution by submitting a bill calling for the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) to study building an additional traffic lane, both eastbound and westbound, along more than 30 mi. of I-84, from Exit 7 in Danbury through Exit 20 in Waterbury. “The economic future of Connecticut is tied to our transportation system,” he told CT Insider. “If we don’t have the capacity to handle the traffic that’s flowing through here, it’s see BILL page 14