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Mayor Rich Dziekan’s Tweet of Sept. 1.
DERBY — The Main Street widening project officially went out to bid Sept. 1, an important official step forward for the long-gestating project.
“Derby has been waiting for this day. The Rte. 34 Widening/Main Street Reconstruction Project is officially out to bid! Thanks to our legislative delegation, NVCOG, Luchs, DeCarlo & Doll, CTDOT & my staff for the hard work to get us to this point,” Derby Mayor Rich Dziekan announced on Twitter the day the bid went out.
Construction is scheduled to start in the spring of 2022. The cost estimate is $26 million.
The project includes the complete reconstruction of Derby’s Main Street, from the Derby-Shelton bridge (a $6.3 million renovation project is currently underway on the bridge) to the Route 8 ramps.
Derby’s Main Street is a state-owned road also known as state Route 34. It will be widened to create two through lanes in each direction, separated by a center median, according to a description posted on the NVCOG website.
Click here for a previous Valley Indy story about the project moving forward.
Route 34/Main Street is a state road. The state decides the winning bidder and controls the start date.
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An illustration of the Main Street project showing the area not from the Derby-Shelton bridge.
