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Proposed plan seeks to connect UConn through rail
"In this secluded part of Connecticut, the university not only has traffic and parking issues, Punturiero said, it is also disconnected.
An FRA plan to improve and expand rail from Washington D.C. to Boston proposes to change that.
The plan, called NEC Future, has the potential to become the biggest transportation project in American history within the next 10 to 20 years, NEC Future spokesperson Matthew Lehner said, with price tags of more than $300 billion.
It includes the addition of a railroad that cuts diagonally across Connecticut from New York City to Hartford and through Storrs to Providence and Boston."
This has been discussed before but UConn needs to hope and pray that this happens. Would make is so much easier to develop the area around the school and would be HUGE to alleviate traffic and parking congestion in the area. Imagine being able to take a train from Storrs Transportation Center to Providence/Boston/NYC/Hartford/Springfield etc. Would completely change the game for UConn IMO.
"In this secluded part of Connecticut, the university not only has traffic and parking issues, Punturiero said, it is also disconnected.
An FRA plan to improve and expand rail from Washington D.C. to Boston proposes to change that.
The plan, called NEC Future, has the potential to become the biggest transportation project in American history within the next 10 to 20 years, NEC Future spokesperson Matthew Lehner said, with price tags of more than $300 billion.
It includes the addition of a railroad that cuts diagonally across Connecticut from New York City to Hartford and through Storrs to Providence and Boston."
This has been discussed before but UConn needs to hope and pray that this happens. Would make is so much easier to develop the area around the school and would be HUGE to alleviate traffic and parking congestion in the area. Imagine being able to take a train from Storrs Transportation Center to Providence/Boston/NYC/Hartford/Springfield etc. Would completely change the game for UConn IMO.