The other commentor is right, its got more to do with road design. The only kind of enforcement that works long term is automatic speed cameras.

This is on top of the non-fatal collision in West Hartford last week. Second death of the year in West Hartford. Meanwhile the state has seen 69 pedestrian and bicyclist deaths this year, the most on record. There will be a demonstration demanding safer streets 8-8:45 AM tomorrow at Boulevard & Whiting.

I was thinking of Acceleron, but glad to hear there's more!

There's an electron beam welding firm in Granby that's usually hiring. They work on aerospace parts.

The highway could have easily gone around Hartford, with exits leading into lower speed arterials going into downtown. Not to mention literally walling off Hartford from the waterfront, and burying the Park river.

It's arguably even worse what they did to Waterbury. The whole city was quartered.