The connection between Rt. 9 and Rt. 17 has been redesigned to increase safety and facilitate the flow of traffic. Planning has been completed, funding acquired, and construction started in Fall 2023.
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Public Documents:
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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 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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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:
Additional Materials:
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Safety/Traffic Issues: Quotes from Stakeholders
“Grade separation has massive safety implications. It reduces the ability for wrong-way entry, reduces conflict at intersections, reduces que-related crashes–somebody stopped at a stoplight, somebody’s not paying attention to them. You grade separate, you eliminate that.” – Howard Weissberg, Deputy Director Middletown Public Works “The Route 9 – Route 17 connector in a ramp is…
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Syracuse I-81: Highway Removal
The Interstate-81 Viaduct Project in Syracuse is one of the largest and most ambitious construction projects ever undertaken by New York State, in partnership with the federal government. Overseen by the State Department of Transportation, the project will create a Community Grid to reconnect downtown neighborhoods severed by the I-81 viaduct’s construction and correct an…
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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…
