Q: In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.
Sentence 1:In its later years it made 49,000 journeys annually , carrying 280,000 cars , 145,000 commercial vehicles and over 2 million passengers . Sentence 2:However , it was inadequate for the growing needs of the region and its physical condition was deteriorating .
A:
however