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DOT asks for $100 million this year to address statewide bridge paint failure, flags multiyear cleanup need
Summary
Connecticut Department of Transportation informed a Finance, Revenue and Bonding subcommittee it will seek $100 million in the governor's budget as the first year of an eight-year plan to remediate lead-based paint failures on roughly 220 bridges and requested additional funds to meet an EPA stormwater consent order.
Connecticut Department of Transportation Commissioner told the Finance, Revenue and Bonding transportation bonding subcommittee that the governor’s budget includes a $100 million addition to the Fix It First bridge line to begin addressing widespread bridge paint failures and that the request is the first year of a multi-year program to fully address the problem.
The commissioner said freeze-thaw and sudden temperature swings about a year ago caused lead-based paint to flake or ‘pop off’ many older bridges across the state; DOT identified roughly 220 bridges that need metallizing, cleanup or repainting. "We have identified 220 bridges that need to be, metallized and cleaned up, or repainted," the…
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