Connecticut officials are looking to bolster the state’s renewable energy portfolio, and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has released a request for proposals seeking up to 2,000 megawatts of offshore wind power. The state already has committed to purchasing 304 megawatts of electricity from the Revolution Wind project, one of the bidders selected […]
Lamont said the two Democrats jumped quickly into the important issues of the day and how they could work collaboratively together to solve mutual problems. The topics included improvements to the Metro-North Commuter Railroad, which connects Connecticut to midtown Manhattan. They also discussed Cuomo’s recent push for “congestion pricing” in Manhattan that allows higher prices […]
Attendees began to gather at around 1 p.m. on Woodland Avenue in what turned out to be a hot, sunny day with clear skies. Michel lead the group down to developer Building and Land Technology headquarters on Elmcroft Road with a Stamford police patrol monitoring nearby. An appeal from the NRZ petitioned the Board of […]
After sparring with legislators for much of the summer, the Lamont administration is sending lawmakers a clear message: Until lawmakers settle on even a short-term plan upgrading Connecticut’s aging infrastructure, other projects will have to wait. Ryan Drajewicz, the governor’s chief of staff, said the governor is standing firm on limiting borrowing for a priority […]
Prevailing wages do not increase the cost of publicly funded construction projects. In those states that have repealed prevailing wage laws, the promise of lower-cost public construction projects never materialized. Casually concluding that eliminating prevailing wage requirements will automatically reduce construction costs is an out-of-touch misconception of today’s economic environment. Prevailing wages create a level […]
At issue is a deal gone bad between Trump and North America’s Building Trades Unions over a Labor Department apprenticeship initiative, the politics of which have grown more complicated since last month’s ouster of Secretary Alexander Acosta. Leaders of the union federation worry that the final version will undermine their own job-training programs and create […]
The replacement of a retaining wall on South Main Street may not actually start until the spring of 2021. The need to replace the wall is due to the collapse of a 15-foot-by-10 foot section of the original stone wall in November 2018. A temporary cinder block wall was installed for safety. DOT officials said […]
When the $92 million Rentschler Field in East Harford opened in 2003, the future seemed bright for the state owned, 40,000-seat football stadium. Today, the stadium is perhaps the state’s most visible example of good intentions gone awry. The building runs deficits most years and this year — for the first time — the state […]
Research shows the zipper — which is a late merge, using both lanes as long as possible, not moving over right away — is often safer and will keep traffic flowing. The problem is, among your fellow drivers, it’s not the most popular move. Traffic engineers recommend the zipper merge not just on super highways, […]
Developers of the 800-MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts, set to be the first such utility-scale project in the U.S. and the country’s largest, say they are committed to push through on its $2.8 billion in construction despite a sudden Trump Administration permitting setback. On Aug. 9, the department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy […]
