Connecticut
9 new electric vehicle charging sites to be built in Connecticut: CTDOT
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) – Hartford, Meriden, and Waterbury are among the cities getting new electric vehicle charging stations, Governor Ned Lamont announced Thursday.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) selected nine applicants to build electric vehicle charging stations across the state. The conditional awards total more than $5 million.
This “phase 1” is meant to fill gaps in Connecticut’s federally-designated Alternative Fuel Corridors. The funding will support planning, constructing and operating EV supply equipment sites, at nine sites for a total of 45 charging ports.
The following locations were selected:
- Danbury – I-84 Exit 5 (17 Thorpe Street Extension)
- Hartford – I-91 Exit 33 (165 Leibert Road)
- Meriden – I-91 Exit 16 Northbound (1101 East Main Street)
- New Milford – Route 7 / Route 202 Intersection (61 Danbury Road)
- Plainfield – I-395 Northbound Service Plaza (1 Connecticut Turnpike East)
- Moosup – I-395 Exit 32 (12 South Main Street)
- Putnam – I-395 / Route 44 Intersection (50 Providence Pike)
- Waterbury – I-84 Exit 22 Westbound (105 Meriden Road)
- Willington – I-84 Exit 71 (327 Ruby Road)
Connecticut Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto said these conditional awards are moving the state closer to building more fast chargers.
“Having these spaced no more than 50 miles apart means drivers will not have to worry about where the universal fast charger will be. Part of our overall strategy of reducing carbon emissions from the transportation sector includes having reliable EV chargers where people are already stopping or traveling. Our NEVI program is helping us achieve those goals,” Eucalitto said.
Each charging site will not be more than a mile from the exit ramps along the Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFC) and each will have Level 3 EV charging stations with a minimum of four Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC) ports.
There are currently almost 44,000 electric vehicles registered in the state and about 500 available DCFC ports.
More information on the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula (NEVI) program can be found on the Department of Transportation website.
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) – Some state parks have closed after their parking lots have reached capacity.
According to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection parking lots at 3 state parks have reached their limit today and are closed to anymore guests.
As of this time the parks are:
-Silver Sands in Milford
-Wadsworth Falls in Middletown
-Squantz Pond in New Fairfield
We will update this list if anymore closures are reported today.
Connecticut
2 rescued, fisherman still missing after getting trapped in rising water at Connecticut beach
Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a beach rescue in Santa Cruz County, California. Authorities said about eight rescue swimmers entered the water to extricate the victims.
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Two people, including a fisherman, have been rescued, and crews are looking to locate another that was trapped on a reef when water started to rise at a Connecticut beach.
The Fairfield Fire Department responded to a call for help after getting a report that two fishermen were in distress off the reef at Penfield Beach. It happened around 7 a.m. on Saturday.
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Investigators said that while the two fishermen were on a reef, the incoming tide quickly surrounded them, leaving them trapped, with the water still rising and no safe way back to shore.
A lifeguard station on Penfield Beach in Fairfield, CT.
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A witness saw what happened and jumped into the water to help. While they were able to find one of the fishermen, both were subsequently swept into deeper water, according to the fire department.
Police and fire officials dispatched multiple marine assets to the area, and the Fairfield Police Boat was able to rescue the witness and one fisherman.
Search efforts to find the second fisherman have been suspended for the night, but are expected to pick up on Sunday morning.
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Drone units from Fairfield and nearby Westport assisted in search operations. Helicopters from the U.S. Coast Guard and Nassau County, New York, also responded.
Dive teams from several neighboring cities and towns responded to the scene to assist with the search, too.
A peaceful evening at Fairfield Beach, Connecticut, with a lifeguard chair standing empty on the sandy shore. The serene waters of Long Island Sound reflect the soft pastel hues of the setting sun, while a near-full moon rises into the clear sky. The quiet beach scene, with coastal homes in the distance, captures the calm and tranquility of a New England beach town at dusk.
(Roshan Polepalli / Getty Images)
The rescued fisherman was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, due in large part to the heroic actions of the witness, according to fire officials.
Despite an extensive search involving local, state and federal resources, the second fisherman has not been located, the fire department said.
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The operation has transitioned from a search and rescue mission to a recovery effort, and officials said efforts to locate the man, identified as 34-year-old Kwahiwi Edwards, of Queens, New York, will continue.
Various jingle seashells on Sasco Beach in Fairfield, Connecticut, on a sunny day.
(Daniel Hanscom / Getty Images)
“The Fairfield Police Department and Fairfield Fire Department extend their thoughts and support to the family and loved ones of the missing fisherman as search and recovery efforts continue,” the fire department said on Facebook.
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Officials are also thanking the witness that jumped in and whose quick actions helped save a life.
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