One day after Mayor Art Ward urged support for the New Britain busway, he met with state Department of Transportation Commissioner Joseph Marie for "a good conversation" about potential projects in Bristol.
Ward met with Marie, New Britain Mayor Tim Stewart and state Sen. Donald DeFronzo, a New Britain Democrat, on Friday for a general discussion about ways the state might address Bristol's relative isolation from Connecticut's transportation grid.
Ward said they heard about the city's concerns and they listened to its ambitions along with "the potential for addressing them.
Ward said the session was "encouraging," but no decisions were reached and nobody talked about the details of any possible help the state might provide.
Still, the mayor said, "It was a good meeting" and he expects it lead to benefits for the city.
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12 comments:
Thanks Mayor Ward, you're doing a great job!
Bend to the strong skilled leaders in New Britain and begg for a few crumbs. Thanks your doing a good job!
Art, your PR efforts are almost as good as Obamas, and we know where that has gotten us.
Doing a heck of a job in the PR but what about the budget?
Since Ward says the "eggs are all in the basket" for the bus-way (aka the welfare way) what's his strategy? Admit it, he's clueless. All he does is glad-hand.
Maybe in 50 years the state will grant Bristol money to expand the busway through Forestville (through the Kenney Street neighborhood, or what's left of it)? Then Bristol will be in the loop. But in 50 years the busway will be obsolete and the government will be forced to build a rail way and Tim Stewart and his staff of morons will be central Connecticut's Walter Murphy & Co.
4:48 - suck it up.
9:19
You get first prize for being master of the quick retort!
Maybe Stortz wasn't so bad after all.
3:21 PM: YES HE WAS.
Artie threw his city under the bus for an extra lane on Route 6. Now that's thinkin'!
New Britain gets a half a billion dollar busway that, what, 4,000 people will use?
Bristol gets... squat.
What a leader. What a mayor. What a legacy.
What a bitter pill for Bristol to swallow -- and what a gigantic bill for all of us and our children to pay.
10:09, Hmmm...sounds like you've got lots of experience regarding buses...you must have been riding the short one for a long. long time.
10:09
8;03 must think Artie is great.
Maybe you can explain the facts to him.
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