August 10, 2008

New commuter lot opens Monday

Press release from the state Department of Transportation:

The Department of Transportation announced today, that a new Commuter lot at Lake Avenue in Bristol will open on Monday, August 11, 2008. In conjunction with the opening of the new lot, the existing commuter lot at Todd Street will be closed. Signs have been posted and pamphlets distributed to notify commuters of this upcoming change. This new commuter lot is part of the ongoing Route 72 Relocation project in Bristol and Plainville.
Work on this $40 million project is being performed by Manafort Brothers, Inc. of Plainville, Connecticut under contract with the Department of Transportation. The anticipated completion date for this project is in November 2009.
Motorists are urged to obey the posted speed limit and proceed with caution through this and all other construction work zones.


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11 comments:

Anonymous said...

What, no Press Release form Ward or Johnson?

Anonymous said...

MFM = More money for Manafort.

Anonymous said...

Is the Water Park in Bristol or Southington?

Anonymous said...

that would be MMFM

Anonymous said...

The new lot results in a loss of parking spaces available for commuters.

Anonymous said...

this has to be the only blog site in the world that can generate negativism on a parking lot - my goodness, get a life.

Anonymous said...

I drove by it this morning and it seemed to be full. I'm glad to see that people are using it. With the price fuel I'm not surprised.

Anonymous said...

Why won't you post my message thanking Art Ward? But you will post messages that contain personal insults? I say thank God for Art Ward!

Anonymous said...

What did Art Ward have to do with this???

Anonymous said...

11:22am - because that would be positive and would disrupt the regularity of this site.

Anonymous said...

regularity of this site? is that a stretch. the only regularity on this site is the guaranteed diarhea of the mouth.