20 - EVENING HERALD. Fri„ March 7, 1980 Mass transit vital factor in regional plan By MARTI^ KEARNS Committee. An outright call for tax years. CRCOG policy will affect through East Hartford and South and 160 rail cars for mass transit. sit stipulation. A Congressional vote dollars would send It to the Ap­ federal programs. The agency has Windsor. 1-91 would also.be widened Another bill before the legislature will determine how the $34 billion Herald Reporter propriations Committee of which been given its mandate because the to include six lanes from Hartford to calls for $100 million in bonds to buy will be divided. The bill is expected You can be a winner! Maurhpal^r Mass transit is an important part Sen. Fahey is vice chairman. region is a channel for interstate Windsor Locks, with an additional additional rail and bus equipment. to raise at least $227 billion oyer 10 of this region's developing transpor­ Fahey doubted Wednesday the trade dollars. high occupancy vehicle lane for DOT, which has called funding for its years, with 60 percent marked for You can win $775 if you submit the correct solution to this tation plan. buses and carpools. reductions in M eral income taxes liklihood of the $10 million appropria­ The CRCOG staff two weeks ago current plan inadequate, supports the week’s Prizeweek Puzzle, featuring inside The Herald’s TV The resumption of passenger rail tion, calling the figure high. She presented its Policy Board with a set bill. Deadline for its passage to the and the federal deficit. service between Hartford and The state Department of 'Transpor­ Spotlight section. expressed support for the idea, of transit options based in large part tation is operating with a balanced full Legislature is also March 18. Cotter is also supporting construc­ Manchester has been proposed. A saying she faOored immediate ser­ on commuter preferences. The board Celia said the state’s purchase, last tion of the East Hartford link The puzzle has continued to stump thousands of entrants, Transportation Committee bill seeks transportation plan, developed last vice along the line. refused to endorse a plan calling for fall, according to Bill Lynch, director year, of 13 nbw rail cars, for about between 1-84 and 1-86. Environmental and each week the jackpot increases $25. There’s a $25 as much as $10 million in bonds to up­ Rep. Joyner said Wednesday it maximum use of automobiles. $900,000 each, and the legislature’s groups in eastern Connecticut have bonus if the winner is a regular Herald subecriber. grade the present Conrail freight of rail operations. Lynch said the would take only $1 million to upgrade Dana Hanson, executive director of department’s policy advocates, proposed development of a new rail delayed its completion. They see thd Try your skill, or luck. You can be a winner! line. As it is, the line makes one trip the existing line, adding that com­ CRCOG, said 90 to 95 percent of the line between Danbury and Norwalk East Hartford project as being com each day, averaging speeds between "...using the best method of muter parking lots were already in country’s commuters would prefer transportation for a given area.” signal a committment to mass tran­ nected with the extension of 1-84 to IVol. XCIX, No. 135 — Manchester. Conn., Saturday, March 8, 1980 • Since 1881 • ZOi Single Copy • 15it Home Delivered 10 and 20 m.p.h. place. travel in one-person cars. Hanson sit. Providence. The bill, supported by state Rep. The DOT plan Is a combination of Another bill introduced by Joyner said a complex set of factors, also in­ highway, bus and rail service respec­ Inter-city rail service exists along Rep. Toby Moffett last summer Walter H. Joyner, R, and State Sen, would re-establish the freight line cluding population growth and the state’s coastline, most notably developed a citizens Task Force on David M. Barry and Marcella C. tively. Lynch said highways are most between Manchester and Williman- economic factors, were fed to a com­ appropriate where an area's popula­ between New Haven and Norwalk Mass Transit for the entire state. Fahey, both Democrats, would make tic. A committee decision is expected puter in the federal Department of (and on to New York City). Service Mary Louise Homicki, a Moffett possible an east-west line, carrying tion is widely spread. Bus transit, he to go before the Legislature, incor­ Transportation,'yielding data for the said, is most feasible for inter-city between New Haven and Springfield aide, said the task force, which is passengers along a Manchester- porating results of a feasiblity study CRCOG study. is a new phenomenon. supporting rail improvements, was Hartford-New Britain-Waterbury travel where populations are also now in progress. Joyner said the He said it is up to the Policy Board, less dense, such as Manchester to In Washington D.C., a House- drawn from the entire state because, route. Providence and Worcester Railroad, made up ofelected officials from the Fendell to leave ROTC Senate conference considering the “ ...the issues extended beyond the The bill is due out of committee Hartford or Bloomfield to Hartford. which is interested in the line, has es­ region, to determine the interplay of Rail, he added, is ideal in areas with proposed Windfall Profits Tax sixth district.” The group advocates March 18. A hearing is scheduled timated that $6 million would be highway, bus and rail systems. allocated about $34 billion over a 10- development of an overiall mass responsible for his entry into the degree from Syracuse University, Fendell Speaking of future trends, Fendell said March 13 at the Whiton Memorial high population density. By LAUREN DAVIS SHEA burgeoning field. went on to earn his master’s degree from he foresees the center meeting the needs needed to restore service. • Under maximum highway use, the Tom Celia, a spokesman for House .year period to mass transit and transit plan for Connecticut. Library. Its approach to the vital The Trans Plan being developed by option which was rejected, two energy research and development Mass transit plans are developing Herald Reporter Fendell said he has seen many changes Eastern Connecticut State College. He of the more severely handicapped and question of funding will determine its Transportation Committee Chair­ MANCHESTER — Norman Fendell, in the public's acceptance of the han­ earned a certificate of Advanced development of programs allowing these the Capitol Region Council of north-south arterials would be built : man Thom Serrani said state plans projects. in the state and federal Legislatures. route to the full Legislature. Governments is expected to outline l-2tU from F91 in Windsor across the Rep. William R. Cotter, D, a However, government implementa­ director of the Regional Occupational dicapped, such as those encouraging them Graduate Studies in Administration at the people to live independently, instead of If bonding were to be sought, the call for the expenditure of about $400 Training Center since its inception four to find a place in the job market. Ad­ University of Hartford and also attended concentrating on finding them com­ later this month the region’s Bissell Bridge to 1-86 in Manchester; million over five years to purchase member of the House Appropriations tion of transportation programs lag bill would pass through the Finance transportation policy for the next 15 1-284, running east of Route 5, Committee, supported the mass tran­ well behind. years ago, will resign from the ditionally, he said the public is now more law school. petitive employment. He added there will equipment, including some 250 buses Manchester public school system effec­ sensitive to the needs of the handicapped, He began his teaching career in probably be a greater concern for the han­ tive Oct. 1. as can be evidenced by the ramps and the Manchester in September 1961. At that dicapped who are over 21 years of age, and Fendell, who is credited with being the general awareness of their special needs. time he te^ught a special education class at that the deinstitutionalization move will Region. Land conservation trust moving force behind the creation of the “I don’t think you’ll find another com­ Bentley School. After his Bentley impact on the center. center for the physically and mentally munity in the country that does as much experience, Fendell moved to Manchester handicapped, also served on the Gover­ for their handicapped and elderly popula­ High School in 1964 and originated a work Saying he was looking forward to is alive, well and active nor’s Committee for Employment of the tion as Manchester,” Fendell declared, siuoy program for special, education moving on, and away from the winter Handicapped in 1975. localizing his contention that there is students, which was the first of its kind in climate in New England, Fendell said he The land trust is in need of people SOUTH WINDSOR-Despite an ap­ Saying he had visited Israel five times, greater understanding of the people to Manchester. was considering living on a kibbutz, and parent lack of activity recently, to help with various tasks in the In 1966, F’endell was appointed to the the last time being two years ago when he whom he has dedicated many years. was unperturbed by the 100 percent infla­ members of the South Windsor Land futrue and would like anyone in­ made job inquiries, Fendell has accepted Saying he was unsure exactly what his position of special education supervisor. Trust said it is alive and well, and ac­ terested to attend the March 20 tion rate now ravaging Israel.