In his Talking Transportation column this week, Jim Cameron details how our state lawmakers spend far more time and money talking about fixing Connecticut's transportation woes than doing any fixing.

And because Connecticut continues to study problems that have existed since the start of the decade, when the Obama administration starts handing out federal money to states with "shovel-ready" projects, the Nutmeg State may be out of luck.

Late last Friday, the governor released a 55-page consultant's report on the much needed New Haven Rail Yard, which has been delayed for years. Most of the 55-page report just tells us what we already know: the rail yard is necessary but can’t be built on the proposed schedule because the state is broke. And for this we paid $630,000?

Emma Tuzinkiewicz fired the winning goal with only seconds to spare in Darien girls hockey’s 2-1 victory over Ridgefield in an away game on Jan. 3.

The Tigers sprang out to a 1-0 lead at 8:38 of the first period and Sara Shaker tied it up 1-1 soon after that at 7:59.

Tuzinkiewicz put the game away with :22 on the clock in the third.

The Wave continued its slick start climbing to 5-1 on the season while Ridgefield dropped to 4-3.

DHS goalie Katharine Macomber made 24 saves in a star-of-the-game performance.

Darien put 15 shots on goal.