Posted on April 1, 2022
“U Drive. U Text. U Pay.” Enforcement Period Kicked off April 1
The Connecticut Department of Transportation Highway Safety Office launched U Drive. U Text. U Pay., a national high-visibility enforcement campaign for National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.
The campaign will step up enforcement efforts to enforce distracted-driving laws from April 1 to April 30, 2022.
In Connecticut in 2020, there were nearly 5,000 crashes attributed to distracted driving.
Connecticut law prohibits the use of…
Posted on March 23, 2022
In an effort to reduce costs for Connecticut drivers, House Republicans proposed and today were overwhelmingly joined by Democrats who voted for a temporary suspension of the state gas excise tax.
During a March 10th press conference in front of a Hartford gas station displaying prices higher than $4, House and Senate Republicans called for a temporary suspension to certain state gas taxes. With inflation and costs rising on goods and services statewide, legislators on both sides of the aisle have…
Posted on March 10, 2022
The notable rise in crime, especially juvenile crime, across Connecticut is a growing concern in all 169 cities and towns. Locked cars are being ransacked and stolen from driveways and even from inside garages like one poor woman in Glastonbury who had her car stolen twice! Recently, some thieves have gotten so brazen that they’ve moved past property crimes and have begun carjacking innocent men and women at the gas pump.
We know you’re fed up. We are too, and we hear you!
The House Republican…
Posted on March 4, 2022
Public Informational Meeting Concerning the Route 85 Improvements South of Route 82 in the towns of Salem and Montville.
The Department of Transportation (Department) will conduct a public informational meeting concerning the proposed Route 85 Improvements South of Route 82 on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. The formal presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m. Refer to the project webpage for more detail: https://portal.ct.gov/DOTSalemMontville85-146
The project is identified as State Project No. 85-146.
The…
Posted on March 1, 2022
The state’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) is tasked with regulating the rates and services of Connecticut’s energy utility and telecommunication companies. As part of their work, the agency is investigating different systems to help increase efficiency for customers while also reducing costs.
Two years ago, the governor signed PA 20-5 that requires PURA to establish a Performance Based Ratemaking (PBR) framework that “contain standards and metrics to measure how electric distribution…
