INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION AND INTERNET

Connecticut is receiving a historic $6 billion from the federal government over the next few years for infrastructure improvements. Understanding the important role a robust transportation system plays in revitalizing our state’s economy, I believe we must have a forward-looking, comprehensive plan for strategic investments in infrastructure. Expanding alternative modes of transportation, such as rail and busways, is critical to any long-term planning as we work to ease congestion on our highways.

Transforming Connecticut’s infrastructure must include stakeholders representing all our communities. It must also consider:

● Opportunities to protect and take advantage of our natural resources and assets.

● Ways to improve our citizens’ quality of life, including encouraging e-bike use and creating mass-transit friendly communities.

● More electric vehicle charging stations to help combat climate change.

● Basic infrastructure needed to support new housing development statewide

● A plan for our future economy.

At-cost high-speed internet access available throughout the state will enable us to compete in commerce, business, and education at the highest level and allow for growth and expansion. Our increasingly mobile population requires more public wireless hotspots.