Lamont also said he would build on the rail system linking Hartford and north central Connecticut with New Haven by adding WiFi service on trains, improving bus connections linking the Hartford rail line and Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, and increasing daily round trips between New Haven, Hartford and Springfield, Mass. Lamont also promises […]
The Joint Community Development and Tax Abatement Committee of the Board of Alders voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of selling the large project with its 335 units to Beacon Communities, LLC of Boston, a deal that will be final once the full board votes on it next month. The city bonded $3.75 million toward the […]
The dispute surrounding the Smalley Elementary School project can be traced back to another project in the city – the Gaffney Elementary School project from 2013-2015. After state-funded projects are completed, officials from the state conduct an audit on the project before officially closing the books. According to the city’s Finance Director Lori Granato, that […]
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited L.L.E. Construction LLC, a company based in Bridgeport, for “exposing employees to fall and other hazards” at a Bridgeport site. With the citation comes $146,554 in proposed penalties. The company’s citation was for failing to provide its employees with fall protection, failing to train […]
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the State Bond Commission approved more than $500 million in borrowing Thursday, pushing the state toward its maximum bonding cap for the year. The money was allocated for a wide variety of programs, including constructing schools, fixing roadways and helping companies such as Aer Lingus, which flies out of Bradley […]
The report is from TRIP, a national nonprofit transportation research group based in Washington, D.C. that is sponsored by insurance companies, equipment manufacturers and businesses involved in highway construction. According to the 2017 study conducted by the national transportation nonprofit, more than 8 percent of Connecticut bridges, 308 in total, are considered structurally deficient. Which […]
Fabbrica LLC, which has 100 employees at administrative offices in Enfield and a manufacturing facility at 25 and 35 International Dr. in Windsor, plans to expand and consolidate its locations under one roof, according to Jim Burke, Windsor’s economic development director. The town’s Economic Development Commission in July approved awarding the company a $634,951 tax […]
FedEx Ground on Wednesday will unveil its $220 million, 600,000-square-foot package-collection and distribution hub in Aetna’s former Middletown hilltop site. Based in Pittsburgh, Pa., FedEx Ground, the multinational courier’s small-package ground delivery subsidiary, acquired the land on Middle Street for $18 million in 2016 and broke ground shortly thereafter. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20180919/NEWS01/180919891/1002
The City Council has passed an ordinance encouraging developers who receive subsidies — tax incentives, breaks on the purchase price of public property — to prioritize local hiring. The hiring proposal, spearheaded by Councilman Ernie Newton, asks developers partnering on projects with the city to try to give 20 percent of new construction jobs created […]
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection paved the way for nuclear power to compete in the auction this summer, after fierce pushes from lawmakers and repeated warnings from Dominion that Millstone faced premature closure largely because the wholesale market is dominated by cheaper natural gas. Millstone remains considerably profitable, according to public data, but […]
The funding the 10-member commission will consider includes about $52.69 million for the Capital Region Development Authority, the quasi-public state agency responsible for investing in development projects in Hartford and surrounding communities, according to the commission’s agenda. In addition, the state Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) is requesting $68 million to enhance the […]
U.S. Rep. John Larson, who has been pushing an ambitious and expensive tunnel system to bury I-84 and I-91 beneath Hartford, says Connecticut can now learn from Seattle as it contemplates what to about the aging I-84 viaduct and the bottleneck at the interchange with I-91. There are similarities with Seattle: the urgency to replace […]
Because it is a high-income state, Connecticut residents pay more federal taxes, on average, than those in most other states — $9,998.60 per taxpayer in 2017. But when it comes to federal contracting dollars, Connecticut is nearly always near the top of the list. According to the federal database USAspending.gov, in 2014, companies and non-profits […]
Town officials are suing a paving company and two property owners for allegedly failing to take adequate measures to stop asphalt millings from entering wetlands and harming the environment. The town and Inland Wetlands Commission recently filed the action in Superior Court in Milford against P & S Paving Inc., and John and Anna Fanotto […]
The Capital Region Development Authority has asked SCI Architects of New York and Stafford Sports, a sports and entertainment consulting firm in New Jersey, to develop options for a makeover that could cost between $75 million and $100 million. Even if an acceptable scaled-back plan emerges, there are still significant obstacles to any renovation. The […]
In an Associated General Contractors survey with Autodesk of more than 165 Northeast builders published recently of contractors looking to hire hourly tradesmen for construction jobs, 86 percent said they had difficulties filling those jobs. The effect of worker shortages is cascading into projects, according to AGC. Nearly half of U.S. general contractors told the […]
The New Haven Parking Authority wants to lease the estimated 10,000- to 11,000-square-foot former club space adjacent to the Crown Street garage to an organization that will draw the largest number of new patrons downtown with a positive spillover for the hospitality, retail and restaurant sectors. A consortium that includes Long Wharf Theatre, the Shubert […]
At issue is F&G Construction’s operation of a contractor’s storage yard at the back of Lajoie’s Auto Parts property at 46 Meadow St. in South Norwalk. On Thursday evening, the Norwalk Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on whether to revoke F&G’s permit to operate the yard due to non-compliance, according to the agenda […]
According to Todd Berch, who is the state Department of Labor’s apprenticeship manager, there are between 5,000 and 5,500 men and women enrolled in two- to four-year construction apprentice training programs. Those who successfully complete the training, Berch said, are then eligible to apply to take the state’s journeymen licensing examination. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20180903/PRINTEDITION/308309949
