More miles of state roads got repaving facelifts in 2015 than in previous years. According to the governor’s office, the state Department of Transportation resurfaced 330 two-lane miles of roadways in 2015.
That is about 25 miles more than 2014, and nearly 90 more miles than the prior year. The additional mileage was the result of an additional $5.7 million state investment into the DOT road program and marks the fourth consecutive year of increases in road resurfacing.
In total, the DOT spent $74.6 million on road resurfacing in 2015, compared with $68.9 million last year for 304 two-lane miles. The department typically does between 225 to 250 miles annually. The DOT is responsible for the maintenance of more than 4,100 miles of roads and highways throughout Connecticut.
Here is the recent miles paved and dollars spent on state roads:
- 2015: 330 miles, $74.6 million
- 2014: 304 miles, $68.9 million
- 2013: 242 miles, $57 million
- 2012: 223 miles, $57 million
- 2011: 271 miles, $50 million
- 2010: 241 miles, $50 million
- 2009: 216 miles, $49 million
- 2008: 265 miles, $54 million
- 2007: 165 miles, $48 million
- 2006: 191 miles, $42 million
- 2005: 253 miles, $49 million
