I’ve written previously about the runaway truck ramp being built on US44 in Avon in the wake of a couple of nasty accidents. It’s open for business.
From the Courant:
Construction on the $2.8 million project—the first of its kind in Connecticut—began Nov. 19 and required the seizure of five properties, including two homes, according to state officials. A ban on trucks over 13 tons that has been in effect since September on the stretch of Route 44 traversing the mountain will be lifted with the opening of the ramp.
The idea for such a ramp, a series of nets and cables that slow down and eventually stop a truck, was proposed in 2005 after a horrific truck crash killed four and injured 11, capturing national headlines.
Meanwhile, regular traffic enforcement of that stretch of US 44 is still somewhere between slim and none.
I wonder if the state will finally realize that it needs to do something more substantial about the underbuilt transportation infrastructure in/around Hartford the first time a runaway truck driver fails to use the ramp.