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Volume 19, Number 20
State proposes removing Route 10 bridge
Friday, May 20, 2022
Petit will not run for re-election
RISING TO THE CHALLENGE
By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Plainville candidates have filed to run for the state house seat that’ll be up for grabs this November following the decision of Republican William Petit Jr. not to run for re-elecPetit tion.
By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
SOUTHINGTON — State officials are finalizing plans to remove a nearly century-old bridge carrying Route 10 over Route 322, replacing it with a regular intersection and traffic light.
Petit’s 22nd House district lost its New Britain portion and gained a piece of Farmington and Southington in recent redistricting.
The change is part of a larger state Department of Transportation project that will reconfigure the Route 10, Route 322 and Old Turnpike Road area. State officials hope to begin construction next year. Among the biggest changes is the removal of Norton Street, which DOT project manager Jeffrey Pfaffinger described as a “defacto on and off ramp for Route 10.” With an at-grade intersection replacing the bridge, Pfaffinger said there would no longer be a need for Norton Street. Bridges carrying Route 10 and Route 322 over the TenSee Bridge, A6
Rebecca Martinez, Plainville Democratic Town Committee chairwoman and a Plainville Board of Education member, filed with the State Elections Enforcement Commission last month to run for the seat. Francis Rexford Cooley, a Plainville Republican, also filed to run last month.
In late April, Southington High School’s robotics team, The CyberKnights, competed at the FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship in Houston. The event draws the top high school teams from around the globe, and the SHS contingent, Team 195, finished as semifinalists in its division.
Democratic nurse, education leader In an announcement video, Martinez said health care affordability, a children’s menSee Petit, A2
Southington Dem to challenge Sampson By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
State Sen. Rob Sampson, 52, a Republican from Wolcott, is running for his third term A former Southington fire representing the 16th Senate board member and DemoDistrict. The district covers crat is challenging an incum- Southington, Wolcott, bent Republican senator this Prospect and parts of fall. Cheshire and Waterbury.
Chris Robertson, 57, a Democrat and previous Senate candidate, is challenging Sampson for the seat. Robertson served on the Southington Board of Fire Commissioners See Robertson, A4
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