Connecticut DOT Warns Reduction Of Budget Could Mean Deep Cuts In Services

If the next state budget reduces funding by 10 percent, there will be no choice but to cut transit and highway services, the state transportation department said.

Motorists, bus riders and railroad passengers would all share some of the loss, the agency said.

The Department of Transportation emphasized that it doesn't currently plan to make any of the cuts because the 2017-19 state budget is still many months from being set.

Connecticut is facing a projected deficit of more than $1.4 billion for 2017-18, and all state agencies are giving Gov. Dannel P. Malloy projections of what would happen if they face substantial cuts in 2017-18 and 2018-19.

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