CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

NEWS RELEASE

2800 BERLIN TURNPIKE P.O. BOX 317546 NEWINGTON CONNECTICUT 06131-7546

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OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
TELEPHONE: (860) 594-3062
Fax: (860) 594-3066
Web site:www.ct.gov/dot

Paving Project
Route 66 Middletown

         The Department of Transportation announced today that beginning on Monday, July 16, 2007 through August 8, 2007 Empire Paving, Inc. of North Haven will implement a right lane closure on the eastbound lane of Route 66 between the reservoir and  Jackson Hill Road in Middlefield.  This lane closure will permit repair of a slope failure in that area.