by JcPinCT
CTDOT will host a public information meeting on Thursday, Sept. 19 from 6-8 p.m. in the Windsor Locks Town Hall Ella T. Grasso Conference Room 1st Floor 50 Church Street regarding the town's proposed Hartford Line replacement rail station. https://www.journalinquirer.com/towns/w ... aefc6.html
For those of you interested in future Hartford Line improvements, this meeting serves as an excellent opportunity to hear updates directly from CTrail representatives! Last month's Windsor station CTDOT public meeting was quite informative.
Windsor Lock's First Selectman Christopher Kervick shared the following related information with his constituents in a separate communication:
Bruce Olmstead, the Transportation Supervising Engineer for the Department of Transportation explained that due to the importance of the Windsor Locks station and the link it will provide to Bradley International Airport, DOT engineers and consulting architects produced a two phase design that provides the opportunity to open a station well ahead of northerly improvements to the line.
The design involves construction of a 500 foot elevated platform to the west (just north of the historic station) of the existing track, the construction and temporary use of what will become a utility building to house ticketing machines, a shelter for those transferring to the Bradley shuttle, and parking facilities. Initially, both northbound and southbound trains will utilize the new platform. Once the track improvements north of Hartford are completed, DOT will expand the structure to include a new northbound platform to the east of the tracks and the “up and over” feature to provide a passenger connection to both northbound and southbound platforms. All structures will be fully ADA compliant.
Olmstead noted, “This two phase station plan was designed to require a minimum of corrections when the second platform and connecting structure is built and it will allow the station to continue to operate during the construction of the full station.”
For those of you interested in future Hartford Line improvements, this meeting serves as an excellent opportunity to hear updates directly from CTrail representatives! Last month's Windsor station CTDOT public meeting was quite informative.
Windsor Lock's First Selectman Christopher Kervick shared the following related information with his constituents in a separate communication:
Bruce Olmstead, the Transportation Supervising Engineer for the Department of Transportation explained that due to the importance of the Windsor Locks station and the link it will provide to Bradley International Airport, DOT engineers and consulting architects produced a two phase design that provides the opportunity to open a station well ahead of northerly improvements to the line.
The design involves construction of a 500 foot elevated platform to the west (just north of the historic station) of the existing track, the construction and temporary use of what will become a utility building to house ticketing machines, a shelter for those transferring to the Bradley shuttle, and parking facilities. Initially, both northbound and southbound trains will utilize the new platform. Once the track improvements north of Hartford are completed, DOT will expand the structure to include a new northbound platform to the east of the tracks and the “up and over” feature to provide a passenger connection to both northbound and southbound platforms. All structures will be fully ADA compliant.
Olmstead noted, “This two phase station plan was designed to require a minimum of corrections when the second platform and connecting structure is built and it will allow the station to continue to operate during the construction of the full station.”
