Submarine base embarks on latest energy project

Officials on Friday marked the start of construction of a 10.75 megawatt combined heat and power system to be installed at the base’s power plant, replacing the current system that has reached the end of its service life. In addition to generating electrical power, the new system will generate steam heat for “mission-critical” waterfront operations […]

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Newington on track to complete near $30 million renovation to town hall, community center

The town is on track to complete its $28.8 million renovation to Town Hall and the Community Center this July. Construction of the new facility has continued throughout the pandemic, since the project was already well underway when other activities were shut down. Located at 131 Cedar St., the old building is expected to be […]

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Plainville kicks off new housing project

Local leaders and legislators joined construction company By Carrier Friday, for a shovel dig ceremony at the site of the future Trumbull Meadows, a new home community. By Carrier will be constructing 55 single family parcels and 22 carriage style homes at the site, located at the corner of Bradley Street and Camp Street. Gayle […]

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First phase of Old Lighthouse Museum complete

The first phase of the Old Lighthouse Museum renovation and expansion project, which involved the replacement of many of the museum’s mechanical systems and other work, is scheduled to be completed by the end of the week. The $1.3 million of renovation work involved the installation of climate control, HVAC, and lighting systems, as well […]

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COVID-19 Intensifies Infrastructure Funding Problem, ASCE Says

The coronavirus pandemic is worsening the problem of infrastructure underinvestment, and the main solution is to increase federal spending in that area, a new American Society of Civil Engineers report says. ASCE is calling on Congress to make infrastructure spending “a centerpiece” of legislation to provide short-term emergency response and longer-range economic recovery in the […]

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Amazon plans 400,000-sq.-ft. distribution hub in Cromwell

Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday announced plans to open a new, state-of-the-art 400,000-square-foot fulfillment center at 120 County Line Drive, creating hundreds of full-time jobs. The planned facility comes after Hartford Business Journal recently reported Amazon’s plans to open a $230-million distribution hub in Windsor, which will be the company’s second facility in that town. The […]

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New Britain receives nearly $3 million for street, sidewalk, other improvements

Mayor Erin Stewart announced Wednesday the city has received $2.97 million from Connecticut Department of Transportation through the Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program. The $2,976,000 will be used for Phase VIII work of the city’s Complete Streets Masterplan. The city is looking to start construction beginning in 2021 as the design phase for the work […]

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Demolition of New London’s Crystal Avenue high-rises on the horizon

Consulting firm Tighe & Bond finished up an environmental assessment of the former Thames River Apartments earlier this month. Renaissance City Development Association Executive Director Peter Davis said that while there are known pollutants on site, such as asbestos, PCBs and lead, the samples tested were below the threshold that would have required the federal […]

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House Democrats introduce $1.5T infrastructure bill

House Democrats have unveiled a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill that includes almost $500 billion of green measures proposed as part of the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act earlier this month. The current FAST (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) Act will expire Sept. 30, so Democrats and Republicans […]

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New Britain developer adds 20 downtown apartments

Avner Krohn, owner of Jasko Development LLC, in an interview said his firm recently finished a year-long redevelopment of the upper four floors of the 28,473-square-foot building at 132 Main St.  Krohn declined to disclose the total cost of the “multimillion-dollar” renovation project, which he said was spurred by state historic tax credits. He acquired […]

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DOL expanding new contact center for jobless residents

The state Department of Labor (DOL) late Friday said its new consumer contact center, which is slated to debut in mid-July, will add 60 additional customer service representatives using email, phone and text to assist residents filing for unemployment. The additional staff will be added to the 100 or so agency workers already supporting communications […]

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Torrington school board members raise concerns over proposed $159.8M high school project

The Board of Education has a week until it files a grant application to the state Department of Education regarding the $159.8 million Torrington High School building project proposal. The review of the education specifications came after Mayor Elinor C. Carbone last Monday advanced the project to referendum, which is scheduled to appear on the […]

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Developer proposes 132 apartments in downtown Stratford

A developer wants to put a five-story apartment building and several town homes on the former Center School property on Sutton Avenue. After months of talks, the chairman of the Redevelopment Agency, George Perham, unveiled Bedford, N.Y.-based Xenolith Partners as the town’s preferred developers. As part of the deal, the company is asking the town […]

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Pandemic could erode one-third of all state revenues, new analysis finds

The coronavirus-induced recession could erode more than $6.5 billion in state revenues next fiscal year — two-and-a-half times the gap administration officials predicted — if researchers from Arizona State and Old Dominion universities are correct. The researchers’ new nightmare scenario hinges on the relationship between unemployment and lost revenue. And economists broadly concede the current […]

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Construction Activity Returning to Pre-Coronavirus Levels in Many Areas

The new economic data, however, also shows some future projects are being canceled and many others are being delayed by supply chain issues and labor shortages, underscoring the need for additional federal recovery measures, association officials noted. Construction activity has returned to pre-coronavirus levels in 34 states, based on data on workers’ hours analyzed by […]

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Contractors pledge to combat racial inequality

“While there are lots of companies in the construction industry that have diversity and inclusion efforts and have had them for a long time, I think this has reignited their desire to continue to grow and push and examine their own cultures and policies and practices and look at them through a diversity and inclusion […]

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Broader Offshore Wind Study Cites Fishing Lane Impacts

Fishing trade groups sought the added offshore wind development analysis as part of the U.S. Interior Dept. final approval of the first large-scale U.S. wind farm, the 800-MW, $2.4 billion Vineyard Wind project proposed off the coast of Massachusetts. The agency required the cumulative impact study in a surprise move last year that has delayed […]

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Developer gets green light for New London apartment complex

The City Council on Monday cleared the path for development of a new $30 million apartment complex on Howard Street by approving a 20-year tax abatement agreement. The council approved both a tax abatement agreement and a development agreement negotiated by the city’s development arm, the Renaissance City Development Association, which owns the property. The […]

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Stonington WPCA supports $10 million sewer bonding

Water Pollution Control Authority members on Tuesday voted unanimously to support a plan to bond $10 million to pay for what they describe as critical repairs to the town’s three sewer plants and 17 pumping stations. After a virtual public hearing, the authority voted to send the proposal on to the Board of Selectmen and […]

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Granby is becoming an apartment-development hot spot

The town of Granby — known for its open space, farmland and hiking trails — has become an apartment-development hot spot in recent years with nearly 400 rental units that have either come online, or are in the planning pipeline. Now the town of Granby is moving forward with its largest-ever apartment development: Station 280 […]

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Windsor greenlights $8.8M in tax benefits for Amazon’s planned $230M distribution hub; construction to begin in July

Construction on Amazon’s proposed $230 million fulfillment center in Windsor is expected to start in July after town officials on Monday approved a three-year tax abatement for the e-commerce giant. Windsor’s town council in a virtual meeting Monday approved a reduced three-year, 50% abatement of real property taxes and a 50% reduction in building permit […]

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Traffic, pedestrian improvements eyed for Route 37

The state Department of Transportation is sponsoring this study of Route 37 between the Exit 6 ramp in Danbury to 0.2 miles north of Route 39 in New Fairfield. Danbury, New Fairfield and the Western Connecticut Council of Governments are administering the study. Exactly what project would be suggested is still being worked out, as […]

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Electric Boat awards $544 million contract to build site where ballistic-missile submarines will be assembled

Electric Boat announced Friday that it signed a $544 million contract with Los Angeles-based AECOM to construct a 200,000-square-foot building, where 1,400 shipbuilders will assemble a new fleet of ballistic-missile submarines. The new building is the centerpiece of an $850 million expansion project in Groton. Overall, the company is investing $1.7 billion to modernize and […]

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Court rejects bid for OSHA COVID-19 emergency standard

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit yesterday rejected the AFL-CIO’s lawsuit designed to force OSHA to create an emergency workplace safety rule focused on the coronavirus pandemic. A three-judge panel said in an unsigned order that OSHA has the authority to decide whether to issue new rules during the pandemic. The May […]

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$16 million addition to KMS approved

A $16.5 million project to add an addition to Killing Memorial School – ending the use of portable classrooms – is moving forward after a near-unanimous vote by the Killingly Town Council. The project – which will add 18,950 square feet of space – will cost the town $7.5 million, and the state picking up […]

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Hartford HealthCare to build new facility on former Toys R Us site

The town recently announced Hartford HealthCare, a Connecticut health care network, will be building on the former Toys R Us property. Waterford Planning Director Abby Piersall said Hartford HealthCare jumped through the necessary regulatory hoops to bring the project to fruition, including the Inland Wetlands and Planning and Zoning Commissions, and the company has been […]

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DEEP memo says Tilcon quarrying redirected water toward North Branford pond

Tilcon’s quarrying activities in North Branford altered area drainage patterns, sending more water toward Cedar Pond, according to a 2008 state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection memo. A variety of factors have contributed to the problem. One is increased development along Route 80, which has increased the amount of runoff that goes to the […]

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Developer eyes 111-unit apartment complex in Bloomfield

Krohn’s company, Jasko Development LLC, which is partnering in the project with Brian Zelman of Zelman Real Estate LLC, last week received master plan and zone change approvals from the town’s planning and zoning commission to build the four-story structure at 54, 56, 65 and 80 Jolley Dr. The group still needs a special permit […]

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Developer offers to purchase land that straddles Waterbury-Naugatuck border

Just one developer responded to the April 30 deadline for the city’s advertisement for requests for proposals. O’Leary said the city cannot release any details of the development proposal while the vetting and negotiation process is ongoing. The developer has asked for confidentiality, O’Leary said. State law allows RFP negotiations to remain confidential until concluded. […]

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New London ponders tax abatements for developers of new apartment complex

RJ Development + Advisors LLC, the would-be developer of a 203-unit building on the long-vacant parcel in the Fort Trumbull Municipal Development area, have negotiated with the city’s development arm, the Renaissance City Development Association, for a 20-year tax abatement plan to help cope with the estimated $3.78 million in remediation costs. The tax abatement […]

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Gov. Lamont extends unemployment benefits to workers vulnerable to the coronavirus, drawing fire from businesses association

The governor on Monday issued an executive order allowing the commissioner of labor to find work unsuitable for employees returning to work after a layoff if the site poses an “unreasonable risk” to their health due to the coronavirus. At a news briefing May 8, Lamont said those who are vulnerable to COVID-19 – over […]

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New Horizons Inc. eyes 22-unit reapartment complex in Unionville

Fitzgerald said she wants to invert the current single-to-double ratio so two-thirds of New Horizon clients have private units. That’s why the approximately $20-million-a-year nonprofit with 225 employees — including about 50 at the New Horizons Village complex on Bliss Memorial Road — plans to build a new 22-unit residential complex on its campus, she […]

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New Haven bioscience development clears hurdle

The Board of Alders’ Community Development Committee unanimously approved a new Development and Land Disposition Agreement for the project, which is planned for 101 College St. City Economic Development Administrator Michael Piscitelli outlined the terms of the agreement, which is between the city of New Haven, New Haven Parking Authority, and developer WE 101 College […]

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