By STEPHEN SINGER Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Business leaders along the route of the $567 million bus-only corridor in central Connecticut are stepping in to pump up support for the massive project. The Newington Chamber of Commerce organized a networking meeting Wednesday morning on a bus built for the new CTfastrak transit system, picking up business representatives along the route there. The aim is to familiarize business owners and representatives with the route, the buses specially ordered for the corridor and how the new mass transit system will work. “Until it’s up and running, I don’t think people know what to expect,” said Gail Whitney, executive director of the Newington Chamber of Commerce. “People are definitely aware of it, hopefully in a positive vein.” The more than half-billion dollar cost has appalled critics who tried for years to block the project. But Timothy Stewart, president of the New Britain Chamber of Commerce, said the public is accepting the 9.4-mile corridor between Hartford and New Britain as a done deal, six months before it is set to begin service. “Marketing has taken a foothold and people see what it can do for them,” he said. Stewart attended the Newington […]
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