HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A week before Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced last year that the state would build a costly and contentious bus-only corridor between Hartford and New Britain, federal transportation officials were asking if he would support or kill the project, according to emails between top state officials.

And state transportation officials took no risks, asking even before Malloy announced his support that money be set aside for the $567 million project.

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