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State transportation chief warns that federal funding and inflation will shape Connecticut projects
Summary
Commissioner Garrett Eucalo outlined a $15 billion five-year capital plan, said bridge conditions improved but warned inflation could reverse gains, and urged preservation of federal formula funding ahead of an expiring surface-transportation authorization on Sept. 30.
Commissioner Garrett Eucalo of the state Department of Transportation briefed the Crag Policy Board on the department's asset-management priorities and looming funding pressures.
Eucalo said the department's five-year capital plan is "for over $15 billion programmed over a 5year period" and pointed to progress on bridge conditions (from about 10% of bridges in poor condition in 2012 to roughly 3.8% last year). He cautioned that sharp construction-cost inflation and rising operating costs mean "we will begin to tick the wrong direction on bridge condition" unless investments continue and federal funding holds.
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