HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s 30-year, $100 billion transportation plan goes light on the Merritt Parkway.
In a bid to unclog Connecticut’s notorious traffic jams, the plan would widen sections of Interstates 84 and 95, but the stately Merritt Parkway would remain little changed from when it was completed in 1940.
Major improvements planned for the Merritt are a $200 million interchange with a local road and a recreational trail that would run alongside the parkway.
The Merritt Parkway Conservancy, an advocacy group for the 38-mile roadway called the “Gateway to New England,” opposes both projects. It has a history of pushing back against large-scale construction plans.
Transportation Commissioner James Redeker said the projects are still being designed and developed and the conservancy and other advocates and parkway users will have numerous opportunities to weigh in.
