Three years later, construction continues at Darien train station

Yes, it goes on and on my friend. The Connecticut State DOT first started the work to modernize the Darien train station and make it more accessible for people with disabilities almost three years ago at the end of 2023 and had originally said that the work would be done by the summer of 2025. When construction was still happening back in January, we were told it would actually Well, here we are, summer's over, winter is coming, be done by the end of this summer. and parts of the parking lot are still blocked off. Half of each platform is still closed, and there's still equipment everywhere. The town's first selectman says there's no one reason for the delays, but instead a bunch of different things, like the platforms, which are going to be the first in the state that can be electrically heated to melt ice, taking longer than expected, and the company that makes the metal railings going out of business, forcing them to put up temporary wooden ones instead. There was also a six-week pause over the summer so there were no issues during the World Cup and other delays because of the walk bridge construction in Norwalk. Progress is slowly being made, though, and we're told the expectation is that this will finally be done by the spring. One thing I've learned in government is that it's always something, and so since it's always going to be something, even if you don't know exactly what that is, it's better to go ahead and plan for it. If they had just said up front, it's going to take four years. You would have been surprised, but at least as these delays mounted, you wouldn't. You would have understood because you were expecting it. Zagrodsky says that he was actually just up in Hartford last week meeting with the commissioner of the DOT and that the state is also disappointed in the delays and focused on finally getting this done in Darien, Connecticut. Greg Thompson News 12.