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1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · by Julie Martin Banks

   CT Activates 300th Wrong-Way Camera, Officials Plan 100 More | CT News Junkie (opens the original)

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   WETHERSFIELD, CT — The State Department of Transportation has installed the 300th wrong-way camera in Connecticut on the Route 571 Exit 1 off ramp adjacent to Beehive Stadium in New Britain. A map of all active locations can be found at portal.ct.gov/WrongWayDriving. Since the program launched in December 2023, more than 1,000 drivers have activated one of these systems and successfully turned around, according to department data. There also has been a reduction in the number of wrong-way crashe

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2. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Julie Martin Banks

   PURA Cuts Eversource's $1.3B Storm Request | CT News Junkie (opens the original)

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   NEW BRITAIN — Commissioners for the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) have unanimously approved a decision that ruled $667.8 million of a $1.376 billion request for storm-related costs from Eversource are eligible for recovery from ratepayers. All five of PURA commissioners voted in favor of the decision, which considered storm costs from 2018 to 2023. The authority found that Eversource incurred $861.4 million in its response to catastrophic storms, but PURA reduced that amount throu

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