The former diner and a small red building at 367 W. Main St. were recently razed to allow the state Department of Transportation to begin the $6 million project to replace the 88-year-old bridge. Those properties will be landscaped after the work is completed, said DOT spokesman Judd Everhart. http://www.myrecordjournal.com/News/Meriden/Meriden-News/Meriden-dinner-demolished-to-make-way-for-bridge-project.html
Construction of the new town hall/police station could begin as early as this fall. The Town Council was given that assessment this week during a quarterly report on the $18.98 million project. It was delivered by Lisa Motto, customer project manager for the project, as well as co-owner — with her husband — of the […]
Top public school officials got their first look Wednesday at the massive new addition to Danbury High School. The project, nearly complete, is still within its expected budget at $53.3 million, officials said. The only outstanding work left to be done is in the new theater space, which will not be finished until the end […]
It was a long, bumpy ride, but Smalley Elementary School’s extensive renovations are officially underway. For years, legislators and educators have been pushing for money from the state, and the budget passed in October 2017 included $42 million for the project. The city will borrow the remaining 20 percent of the project’s $53 million cost. The […]
For more than a year, plans have inched along for a 20,000-square-foot food market in the building Mouta purchased at the turn of the century in the city’s Parkville section. He is talking with more than 40 vendors in and around Hartford to form the Parkville Market, reminiscent of Manhattan’s Chelsea Market and Brooklyn’s Dekalb […]
The Zoning Board has approved plans to build a 16-story luxury apartment block on the site. No one from the public spoke during two hearings when the board discussed the multifaceted proposal before voting unanimously in favor of the new structure. Noel Cooke, who manages the towers for St. John, told zoning earlier this month […]
David Salinas, real estate developer and co-founder of Digital Surgeons in New Haven, said because of the presence of Yale University, the city has an international reputation. While Salinas is busy trying to bolster New Haven’s reputation as a technology hub, another member of the panel, developer Juan Salas-Romer, is focused on trying to increase […]
The bipartisan state budget passed by the legislature late Wednesday restores funding to municipalities and calls for $70.5 million in increased state aid to towns and cities next year than in the current fiscal year, according to a statement from Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme, co-chairman of the Appropriations Committee. The spending plan approved Wednesday also calls for no new taxes and “fully funds” […]
Twelve students, two per grade chosen by school officials, donning small hardhats and size-appropriate red shovels, dug into a large pile of dirt where a decades-old playground once stood to mark the start of an $18.5 million renovation and expansion of the school. The project calls for the addition of five classrooms, along with a […]
House Democrats anticipate that a budget adjustment for fiscal year 2019 will be passed before the legislature adjourns at midnight Wednesday. With more revenue coming into state coffers this spring, lawmakers are eager to reverse some of the more draconian cuts they approved to municipal and education aid, the Medicare Savings Program and transportation. https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/State-budget-agreement-close-lawmakers-say-12900931.php
The two-part bill requires the commissioners of Consumer Protection and Economic and Community Development to develop and issue a request for proposals from casino developers. Those responses, which would include everything from a market analysis to designs and a construction timeline, would be due by Jan. 1, 2019. The state agencies would then evaluate the […]
Construction jobs bounced back in April, adding 17,000 positions, after shedding 10,000 in March, possibly because of bad weather during that month in some parts of the U.S., the Dept. of Labor has reported. All but one construction segment gained jobs in April, led by specialty trade contractors, whose combined workforces rose by 11,000. Buildings […]
A bill that could bring a new casino to Bridgeport may live for another day as House leaders on Friday promised discussion and a possible vote over legislation that was suddenly revived late Thursday evening. Lawmakers from the Bridgeport and New Haven House delegations Thursday evening forced a debate over the bill that would call […]
State Democrats have predicted tolls could eventually generate about $1.2 billion a year. But skepticism remains as to whether tolling would generate that much and whether Connecticut should join neighboring states like New York and Massachusetts with tolls. Opponents argue that state citizens are already taxed too much. https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Connecticut-drivers-would-get-a-discount-under-12880199.php
The town is hoping the state Department of Transportation will widen the shoulders by narrowing the travel lanes or shifting the roadway, to allow at least one wide shoulder along the side of the road. DOT spokesman Kevin Nursick said whenever DOT does a paving project, the aim is always to “incorporate wider shoulders where […]
House Democratic leaders moved forward Tuesday with plans to vote on a watered-down bill that could lead to electronic tolling on the state’s highways. The measure specifically would direct the Department of Transportation to develop a detailed plan for legislative consideration next year. Aresimowicz and other advocates have said critics have spread grossly inaccurate rumors […]
