The Connecticut legislature passed a bushel full of laws related in some way to transportation during the 2021 legislative session, including numerous new laws with far-reaching impact. The Office of Legislative Research has highlighted the new laws.
Read MoreConnecticut is the 32nd state to require all back-seat occupants to buckle up. Connecticut's new mandatory back-seat seat belt law is effective on October 1. The new law comes as traffic fatalities have climbed since COVID, and seat belts are seen as a way to help reduce those increasing numbers.
Read MoreThere was good news aplenty for Connecticut’s environment as this year’s legislature approved multiple bills protecting communities from water pollution and adverse climate impacts. There was also disappointment.
Read MoreThe problem is revealed in a startling statistic: 1,782,479 drones are registered in America; China-based DJI makes 77% of them. The solution may be closer to home: Aquiline Drones, a commercial drone manufacturing and technology company based in Hartford, with a state-of-the-art, drone manufacturing and assembly lab.
Read Morewith the legislature promising to return to the State Capitol later this month to convene a Special Session to take care of some unfinished business from the regular 2021 session that concluded on June 9, efforts are intensifying to put back on the agenda an item that didn’t make the cut in the final days earlier this month - the Transportation and Climate Initiative.
Read More“Consumer demand sharply increased for particular goods, while others experienced dramatic drops,” in 2020, largely attributable to COVID-19, according to an analysis of state exports highlighted in the June issue of the Connecticut Economic Digest. The impact of the pandemic was evident in the state’s export numbers, which dropped 15%.
Read MoreAs Connecticut communities look to rebound from an economy that has, in many ways, slowed for the better part of a year, Julie Nash, Economic Development Director for the city of Milford, is among those looking forward to “seeing what’s coming next and being in the forefront of making those policy decisions.”
Read MoreConnecticut’s road infrastructure is the fourth worst in the nation, at a cost of $676 annually for Connecticut motorists, according to a new study, with 34% of the state’s roads and 10.2% of bridges in either “poor” or “nonacceptable” condition.
Read MoreInfrastructure investment if one of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association’s leading legislative priorities for the 2021 state legislative session, highlighting the cost to businesses and residents of roads and bridges in poor condition or a half century old.
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