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I am sad to read your last comment, PDA. I wish you would reconsider your position; it is a fact of life in a society that we all put some time or money directly or indirectly into the community. Your initial note mentioned "state decision affecting the entire community, businesses, families"; as a result, one of our best communitity leaders reached out to you directly with the intention to include you and help you find solutions to your problems, as a group. And you turned it down? because it involved contributions?

Hi J & R,
I'm confused by the last comment. Was that on behalf of Pediatric Dentistry Associates?
Thanks,
Ben

Hi PDA,
The project engineer from the state had the following update in November. I understand it does not mitigate the inconvenience of the delay, but at least it gives some background about why it has taken longer than expected:

The State Street Bridge was closed for replacement in October of 2010. The original completion date was scheduled in October of 2011.

During the construction of the west abutment, contaminated ground water was discovered upon beginning excavation. The volume of contaminated ground water is excessive and the ground water treatment facility onsite and the Greater New Haven Water Pollution Control Agency are not able to handle that volume of contaminated water being generated.

The Department of Transportation together with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection conducted a field investigation and it appears that the dewatering operation drew contaminants from a nearby area beyond the construction activities. It was determined that to handle the contaminated ground water volume the ground water treatment facility required modifications. In addition, a different construction technique needs to be developed to minimize the infiltration.

The city of New Haven and the Department of Transportation are developing a new design for the abutments and wingwalls to minimize the infiltration, this design will be completed soon and hopefully activities will restart in December. We will continue to work to address this unforeseen site condition in a timely manner in order to complete the new State Street Bridge as quickly as possible.

Hi Ben This is Claudia, I will give you a call we are intrested to talk with the people in that area.

Nath and Ben, just a clarification

J & R IS NOT PDA.

J&R is not being clear about the meaning of the comment was post.

I am glad! Thx for the clarification!

"The city of New Haven and the Department of Transportation are developing a new design for the abutments and wingwalls to minimize the infiltration, this design will be completed soon and hopefully activities will restart in December."

Any updates on resumption of construction, estimated date of completion or a new design for the abutments?

Any progress on the bridge design, pollution mitigation, or construction schedule?
Thanks.

The catch is that the city did not say December of which year.... could be 2016, 2025, etc...

Since the following SCF post has the most updated information regarding the CT DOT State St. Bridge Project, this issue will be closed. Please refer to this SCF post: http://seeclickfix.com/issues/672845 Thank You.