The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is announcing that replacement of roadway illumination systems in eastern Connecticut will begin on October 7, 2024. The purpose of this project is to improve the operation and reduce the maintenance requirements of several roadway lighting systems located in eastern Connecticut that have reached the end of their life cycles.
This project consists of the replacement of existing roadway lighting systems on Route 1, Route 2, Route 6, Route 12, Route 78,1-95 and Route 154, which involves the replacement of the existing light standards, light standard foundations, light fixtures, concrete handholes, underground circuitry/conduits, and lighting control cabinets with new light standards, light standard foundations, light emitting diode (LED) type light fixtures, concrete handholes, underground circuitry/conduits, and lighting control cabinets, and the replacement of existing decorative post top light fixtures and lighting control cabinet with new LED type decorative post top fixtures and lighting control cabinet on the pedestrian walkway along 1-95 southbound at the south end of the Baldwin Bridge.
This project is located in eastern Connecticut at the following locations:
- I-95 from Vauxhall Street Extension through Interchange 83 to the Goldstar Bridge in New London
- Route 2 and Route 78 interchange in Stonington
- Route 1 and Route 154 overlap in Old Saybrook
- Route 1 from the end of the Route 154 overlap to Mill Rock Road East #1 in Old Saybrook
- Route 154 from the end of the Route 1 overlap to the I-95 ramp in Old Saybrook
- Route 2 at Interchange 13 in Marlborough
- Route 6 from Willimantic Road to Boston Post Road in Columbia, Coventry, Mansfield and Windham
- Route 12 and Route 2 overlap from Laurel Hill Avenue to the end of the overlap in Norwich
- Route 2 from the end of the Route 12 overlap to Taiman Street in Norwich
- Pedestrian walkway along I-95 southbound at the south end of the Baldwin Bridge in Old Saybrook.
CTDOT Project No. 0172-0524 was awarded to Ferguson Electric Company Inc., at a cost of $9,676,730.00 on August 23, 2024, and is scheduled to be completed August 8, 2026. This project is administered by the Bureau of Engineering and Construction, Office of Construction, District II in Norwich.
LANE CLOSURE/DETOUR INFO
There will be a separate notice issued prior to work on the specific Routes listed below:
- Route 1
- Route 2
- Route 6
- Route 12
- Route 78
- Route 154
- I-95