I am writing about mistakes in your article, "Why I-84 Is Turning Into Connecticut's Unlucky Number". It is implied that L.G. Defelice Inc.'s surety for the Interstate 84 project, USF&G, allowed me to form a new contracting firm. It did not.
Defelice had two bonding companies, USF&G and XL Specialty Insurance, for different projects. After reviewing Defelice's financial position in the fall of 2005, and determining that its financial condition would not have allowed the survival of the company, I met with the two bonding companies. I proposed for their consideration the creation of a new company, which would take over Defelice's projects. I believed, and continue to believe, that this method would be the most cost-efficient way to complete Defelice's state projects, and least disruptive to the traveling public.