http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/transportation_policy+freeway_revolt PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/15537 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/15537 Connecticut<br />No Highway to Heaven<br />Published: March 25, 2007<p>The recent rejection of a proposed bill to build the &quot;Super 7&quot; highway between Norwalk and Danbury is a blow to advocates fighting for the expressway and to commuters who have the misfortune to crawl along in the traffic jams that plague the current Route 7.</p><p>The State Legislature's transportation committee tabled the bill despite passionate testimony from both sides. People have been fighting over this multi-lane expressway for 57 years; it has never gotten off the drawing boards. Opponents, including environmentalists, have had good reason to block it. <br />...</p><br />