This page includes documents related to the Rt. 9 projects.
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CT DOT Documents Related to Rt.9:
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Route 9 Project DOT Website
Here is a link to the current DOT website on Route 9. It contains the project’s history, a summary of alternative plans, and updates on the project: https://portal.ct.gov/DOT/Projects/0082-0318-Route-9-Middletown-Home
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Rt. 9 & 17: Environmental Assessment Checklist
The city government was required to complete this checklist in 2022 to understand its obligations under the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (CEPA).
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Council of Environmental Quality: Reconfiguration of Route 17 On-Ramp to Route 9 Northbound
Link to the Council of Environmental Quality statement on Route 17-Route 9 reconfiguration: https://portal.ct.gov/CEQ/DOT/Scoping-Notice/Middletown-Route-17-Route-9
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Rt. 9 & 17: Noise Analysis Report (2021)
CT DOT commissioned a study in 2019 to analyze the noise impact of a proposed new Route 9 & Route 17 interchange. The study was conducted in this area:
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DOT Map of Alternative 11 from 2018
To remove the traffic signal on Route 9 at the Washington Street interchange (Old Exit 15), a new off-ramp from Route 9 northbound is proposed to provide access to River Road, approx. 3,500 ft south of Washington Street. Access to Washington Street is proposed to be removed from Route 9. The Washington Street interchange will…
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Tunnel Feasibility Study
CT DOT hired URS Corporation, an engineering and construction consultancy, to do a feasibility study on putting Route 9 in a tunnel through Middletown, published in 2003. URS found that constructing a 1540 ft. tunnel from Court to Green Street would cost approximately $557 million in 2010. See the full report here.
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Return to the Riverfront Master Plan
The City of Middletown published the ambitious “Return to the Riverbend” master plan in spring 2022. The plan includes a series of parks along the riverfront and details ways to get involved. This masterplan offers the most comprehensive of the City’s vision for how Rt. 9 could look as it runs past Middletown.
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Rt. 9 Crash Data
The Connecticut Crash Data Repository, compiled by UCONN (https://www.ctcrash.uconn.edu) provides regularly updated data on crash reports across the state. We were able to use this resource to investigate the frequency of Route 9 crashes in Middletown as well as the types of crashes that occur on Route 9. This will provide some limited insight into…
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Emissions Reductions Report
One key argument in favor of removing stoplights on Route 9 in Middletown is that it would reduce emissions in Middletown. Those who advance this theory argue that idling cars waiting at the stoplights use fuel and thus emit carbon dioxide and other pollutants into the air in Middletown. If those cars were able to…
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US DOT Report about Highway Removal Projects
A 2013 study hosted at the US Department of Transportation’s Repository and Open Access Portal that discusses the process and outcome of nine highway removal projects from around the world. Cases covered in the study include: San Francisco, Milwaukee, Chattanooga, Portland, New York City, Seoul, Toronto, Boston, Paris.
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CT State Highway System Laws
Linked below: https://mahaddad.wescreates.wesleyan.edu/rt9/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Chapter-237-State-Highway-System.pdf
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CT State Highway Construction and Maintenance Laws
Linked Here https://mahaddad.wescreates.wesleyan.edu/rt9/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Chapter-238-Highway-Construction-and-Maintenance.pdf