20092009 Connecticut Connecticut Master Transportation Plan 2009-2016 January 2009 This page is left intentionally blank This page is left intentionally blank 2009 – 2016 STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 2009 MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN Prepared by: OFFICE OF POLICY CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION P.O. BOX 317546-2800 BERLIN TURNPIKE NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT 06131-7546 IN COOPERATION WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION January 2009 This page is left intentionally blank TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................1 MISSION STATEMENT, VISION & VALUES.....................................................................................................2 I. FULFILLING THE DEPARTMENT’S MISSION: BACKGROUND & STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN ..................................................................................................................................................I-1 A. BACKGROUND..........................................................................................................................................I-1 B. STRATEGIC FIVE-POINT ACTION PLAN ........................................................................................I-2 II. DEPARTMENT INITIATIVES.....................................................................................................................II-1 A. MAJOR PRIORITY PROJECTS...........................................................................................................II-1 PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION .....................................................................................................II-1 Aviation Projects ....................................................................................................................... II-1 Bradley International Airport, Rehabilitation of Runway 6-24 (Project No. 165-391) ............. II-1 Public Transportation Projects................................................................................................ II-1 Replacement of NHL Rail Car Fleet - Purchase of M8 Rail Cars, New Havel Line (Project No. 300-0116).............................................................................................................. II-1 New Haven Bus Maintenance Facility, CT Transit (Project 402-002)..................................... II-2 Fairfield Railroad Station Joint Development Project (Project No. 0301-0060 & 301- 096)............................................................................................................................................ II-2 New Haven Main Line Catenary Replacement (Project Nos. 0301-0054(B), 301-0070 (C1B) 0301-040 (C1A), 0301-T120 (C2).................................................................................. II-2 Highway Projects....................................................................................................................... II-3 Interstate 95 (I-95) New Haven Harbor Crossing Corridor Improvement Program– Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (“Q” Bridge) (Project Nos. 0092-0533, 0092-0569, 0092-0613, 0092-0618, 0014-0173, 0043-0122, 0092-0529, 0092-0531, 0092-0532, 0092-0619; list does not include all “Q”-Bridge projects)......................................................... II-3 CT 72- Relocation from End of Rte 72 Expressway to Rte 229, Bristol (Project No. 17- 137)............................................................................................................................................ II-4 U.S. 44 – Safety & Traffic Operational Improvements (Project No. 04-123) .......................... II-4 U.S. 7 – Bypass, Brookfield (Project No. 18-113).................................................................... II-4 PROJECTS BEING DESIGNED ................................................................................................................. II-5 Public Transportation Projects................................................................................................ II-5 New Britain to Hartford Bus Rapid Transit System (Project No. 0171-0305) ......................... II-5 Waterbury Bus Maintenance Facility (Project No. 431-0006) ................................................. II-5 CTDOT - 2009 MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN i West Haven Railroad Station (Project No. 106-116)............................................................... II-6 Shore Line East Railroad Station Improvements (Project 310-0048) ..................................... II-6 Preliminary Engineering–Walk and Saga Movable Bridges (Project No. 0301-0040, 301-xxx)..................................................................................................................................... II-6 New Haven Rail Maintenance Facility Complex – Program 1A, NHY- Program 1B and NHY – Program 2. (Project Nos. 300-0138, 300-T189, 300-139, 300-137, 300-0131, 301-110, 301-106) .................................................................................................................... II-6 Installation of Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) on the Danbury Branch (Project No. 0302-0007).............................................................................................................................. II-10 Highway Projects.....................................................................................................................II-10 Interstate 95 (I-95) New Haven Harbor Crossing Corridor Improvement Program– Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (“Q” Bridge) (Project Nos. 92-531 and 92-532) ................... II-10 Replace Interstate 95 bridge over the West River – New Haven (Project No. 0092- 0522) ....................................................................................................................................... II-11 Replacement of the Moses Wheeler Bridge, Stratford and Milford (Project Nos. 138- 221, 138-232).......................................................................................................................... II-11 I- 84 – Upgrade Expressway, Farmington (Project No. 0051-0259)..................................... II-11 PROJECTS IN THE PLANNING STAGE ................................................................................................. II-11 Airport Projects........................................................................................................................II-11 Waterbury-Oxford Airport, Airport Master Plan (10 Year Initiatives) (Project No. 107- 154).......................................................................................................................................... II-11 Bradley International Airport, New Terminal B Program – Reconstruct Murphy Terminal (Project No. 165-393) .............................................................................................. II-11 Danielson Airport, Airport Master Plan (10 Year Initiatives) (Project No.68-204)................. II-12 Waterbury-Oxford Airport, Noise Study/Environmental Assessment and Relocation Plan (Project No. 0107-0156)................................................................................................. II-12 Public Transportation Projects..............................................................................................II-13 Purchase of 80 Additional M8 Rail Cars (Project No. 300-0116).......................................... II-13 Construction of New Rail Station in Orange (Project No. 106-120) ...................................... II-13 New Haven Line Communication & Signal Replacement –New Haven to NY State Line (Project 300-0125) .......................................................................................................... II-13 New Haven – Hartford – Springfield Commuter Rail Proposal (Project No. 170-2296)....... II-13 Danbury Branch Electrification Study and Environmental Impact Statement (Project No. 302-0008) ......................................................................................................................... II-14 Waterbury and New Canaan Branch Lines Planning Study (Project No. 170-2562)........... II-14 Highway Projects.....................................................................................................................II-14 Reconstruction of I-95 through Long Wharf, New Haven (Project No. 92-572) ................... II-14 Transportation Improvements to the I-95 Corridor from Interchanges 70 to 84 – EIS/EIE (Project Number 170-2725) ..................................................................................... II-15 CTDOT - 2009 MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN ii I-84, Aetna Viaduct, Hartford (Project Nos. 63-648, 63-616, 63-644)................................... II-15 Transportation Improvements to the I-84 Corridor from the NY State Line to Waterbury EIS/EIE (Project No. 174-316) ............................................................................. II-15 I-84/Route 8 Waterbury Interchange Needs Study, (Project No. 151-301) .......................... II-16 Route 11 Extension: Salem to Waterford (Project No. 120-81) ............................................ II-17 B. BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN INITIATIVES.................................................................................II-17 Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan and Map Updates ................................................... II-17 C. ACTIONS TO COMPLY WITH CLEAN AIR ACT........................................................................II-18