Exit 16 offramp from Route 2 westbound will be closed on Thursday and Friday night April 24th and 25

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

NEWS RELEASE

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

FOR RELEASE: April 22, 2008

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

Press Release

Project No. 78 - 89

Colchester, CT

The Connecticut Department of Transportation announced today that the exit 16 off-ramp from Route 2 westbound will be closed onThursday and Friday night, April 24th and 25th, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Detour signs will advise westbound Route 2 motorists to use exit 15 then follow South Main Street back to the intersection of Route 149 and Old Hartford Road.

This work is part of the ongoing project to resurface Route 2 between exits 12 and 16 in Colchester and Marlborough.

This $22.5 million project is being undertaken Manafort Brothers of Plainville, Connecticut under contract with the Department of Transportation. The project is scheduled to be completedby October 2008.