The Connecticut Public Transportation Commission is recommending state officials move the Windsor Locks railroad station to either the town’s preferred location or the historic downtown station.
That was among a list of nine recommendations issued Tuesday in its 2012 annual report to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, members of the General Assembly’s Transportation Committee, and state Department of Transportation Commissioner James Redeker.
The Windsor Locks rail relocation is the highlight of the recommendations, calling on state officials to pick a site to enhance opportunities for transit-oriented development and non-motorized access from nearby residential areas.
The commission report also recommended the state demolish the abandoned Waterbury train station, cooperate in the effort to put a privately-run passenger rail service between Danbury and Pittsfield, Mass., maintain close involvement in the study of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor improvements.
Other recommendations include: Maintaining state funding to support transit services; increasing marketing of state transit systems; resuming municipally-funded dial-a-ride services; developing a new bus-storage facility in the Windham region; and funding upgrades to the DOT’s Web site.
