Hartford,
Ct., August 2, 2015 –
On the heels of Connecticut Governor Malloy’s
statements in a
scathing letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx
in June, terming Amtrak’s poor management of the project that they "failed to manage budgeting and
staffing for what was supposed to be a $365 million job.” He later added that
the project was way over budget and significantly behind schedule.
On
Friday July 31, apparently things have now changed for the line that once had 2 tracks in service. If Amtrak
agrees, buses will provide gap service for about a year while the work is in
progress for Amtrak service between the 2 cities in a joint statement by the
state and national carrier – a significant modification of service delivery.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s office was
ecstatic that shovels will soon be in the ground and the project will be moving
forward.
A switch allowing trains to operate
on a parallel set of tracks that will be owned by Amtrak (since they own the
roadbed) will allow workers to get the project done faster in the long run. The
second set of rails is a feature ConnDOT was looking to be implemented by
December 2016.
Photo caption: Amtrak's New Haven-Springfield shuttle pulls into Hartford Union Station in 2013.
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