Transportation plans at a glance
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR
Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton: Revive the Transportation Strategy Board; put 30 percent of future borrowing into infrastructure.
Tim Herbst, former first selectman of Trumbull: Expand Sikorsky Memmorial Airport; audit the state’s Special Transportation Fund; invest in high-speed rail.
David Stemerman, hedge funder from Greenwich: Privatize Bradley International Airport; widen Interstate-95; provide high-speed ferry service to Bridgeport.
Steve Obsitnik, tech entrepreneur of Westport: Connecticut’s congressional delegation is failing in bringing funding for necessary infrastructure; building roads in Connecticut costs twice as much as other states.
Bob Stefanowski, corporate executive of Madison: Cites “crumbling infrastructure” three times on his website.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
Ned Lamont: Highway tolls for trucks only; wants faster train service on the Northeast corridor.
Guy Smith, former executive from Greenwich: Scale down Metro-North bridge over the Norwalk River replacement from a $1.1-billion swing-style span to an immovable, flat bridge to save $700 million for other projects.
Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim: His website does not list transportation or infrastructure among his eight top campaign issues, but he has said he’s in favor of tolls.