The Shelton-based project at 223 Canal St. was one of seven housing development projects across the state to receive part of $10.3 million from the 9 percent low-income housing tax credit program on Thursday. River Breeze was approved for more than $1 million in tax credits. “We all know that more affordable housing is needed […]
Construction jobs peaked in Connecticut at 69,100 in June 2007 before bottoming out at 47,900 in March 2010, at the end of the recession, according to state Department of Labor statistics. As of March 31, there were 60,700 construction jobs in the state. The data show the decline in construction jobs was swift starting in […]
Former Deputy Public Facilities Director Joe Tiago, fired in February following a city scrap metal scandal now under investigation by the FBI, played an ongoing role in the job awarded to Vaz Quality Works of Bridgeport despite having a financial relationship with the owner of Vaz. Although the final cost of the project has not […]
Of the toll plans, most widely discussed so far is the one Gov. Ned Lamont outlined in his proposed budget, which House Bill No. 7202 suggests should be implemented. The malleable plan calls for no more than 50 electronic toll gantries — or the structures equipped with cameras that read drivers’ plates — to be […]
The state Bonding Commission this month approved $635,963 in grants to help cover the cost of work on two bridges on Valley Road – over the Whetstone and Mashentuck brooks – and a span on Bear Hill Road. Residents in 2017 approved spending up to $1.8 million in bonding money to cover the remainder of […]
“We know that our members are going to make a good, middle-class wage, [enjoy] a great medical plan and then a pension plan for when they are too old to do this really physically demanding work. [PLAs] fund apprenticeship programs that train the future of our industry. We see it as good for both sides […]
Construction of a new veterans housing project on Hanover Street is expected to begin next month. Work on the nine-unit development, named Hanover Place, is expected to last nine months, Robert Cappelletti, executive director of the Meriden Housing Authority, told the authority’s board of directors this week. The $3.3 million project stalled for more than […]
Roughly 100 people joined city and state officials to remember the 28 workers killed in the L’Ambiance Plaza Collapse more than three decades ago. L’Ambiance Plaza was a $17.5 million, 16-story luxury apartment complex under construction on Washington Avenue in 1987. The incident is regarded as one of the worst construction accidents in the U.S. […]
The upscale, four-story, 40-unit apartment building, at 1 Bates Court near the South Norwalk train station, is now “right on schedule,” according to DiScala, the president of M. F DiScala & Co. The project broke ground in fall 2018 and will feature a mix of one and two bedroom units with amenities, parking and walking […]
First established last spring to support tolls, the Move CT Forward coalition is renewing its efforts as legislators near a conclusion on this year’s transportation financing debate. Move CT Forward includes the Connecticut Construction Industries Association, the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, the Connecticut Laborers’ District Council, and the Connecticut Ready-Mixed Concrete Association. “Failure […]
The problem is Connecticut short-changed its transportation capital program for decades prior to now, and $1.5 billion in new money each year isn’t anywhere near enough to do the job. DOT Commissioner Joe Giulietti recently told lawmakers he needs at least $2 billion to make a difference — and then that annual number would need […]
Just across the station’s parking lot, several hundred yards away, is a four-acre parcel the duo plans to redevelop into an $18 million mixed-use village, with 76 apartments and 19,000 square feet of medical office and commercial space they envision will include a restaurant and bar, coffee shop and other amenities to draw hungry and […]
Costco, which plans to build a 160,000-square-foot warehouse along Buckland Road, north of Evergreen Walk, will receive an annual tax reduction of 60%, or $270,319, for its first 10 years of business. Educational Playcare, a day care facility, will see a 50% tax break, or $37,769, on its planned $2.8 million building at 742 Ellington […]
Connecticut’s housing-finance agency says it’s issuing more than $200 million in bonds to fund first-time homebuyers and spur development of affordable housing. In addition, CHFA said Monday it will issue $100 million of Series C bonds that TD Securities will buy. Proceeds will finance the development of affordable multifamily housing in addition to first-time homebuyer […]
The state Department of Transportation is beginning work this month on a $5.4 million project to restore the bridge’s condition. The two-lane overpass was built in 1958. Work will include replacing the concrete deck, parapets, steel bearings and deteriorated steel components. The steel girders under the deck will stay and will be repainted. The project […]
Groton was notified in 2016 that a project to replace the bridge qualifies for a $597,000 state grant, with Groton and Stonington then each needing to contribute about $300,000. The grant is in place, Groton Town Manager John Burt said. In January 2018, the project was among the $4.3 billion in capital projects that former […]
The formation of a naming committee to decide what to call the city’s new $87.35 million combined middle school has raised a good deal of ire among graduates of the former Woodrow Wilson High School. Construction will begin in late June on the new Woodrow Wilson Middle School, which will incorporate Keigwin Middle School sixth […]
Funding must still be secured for design and construction of the I-84 viaduct project, which is expected to cost up to $5.3 billion. The state Department of Transportation is not expected to make a formal recommendation on the viaduct’s future until next year, although it is clearly moving in the direction of lowering the highway, […]
Randy Salvatore, of Stamford-based RMS Cos., asked the city council to give his company the green light to develop the first phase of Downtown North, a $46 million building with 200 mixed-income apartments, 11,000 square feet of retail and community space and a 250-space parking garage. He now says he could start construction by the […]
Capitol police estimated attendance at 125. The Hartford rally was sponsored by the Libertarian Party with organizational help from Joe Visconti, a Quixotic figure in Republican politics, and promoted by radio hosts on several stations, including WITC, WATR, WRDC and WJJF-FM. The Federal Highway Administration will allow tolls on interstates here as an anti-congestion initiative. […]
The $31.2 million project will culminate with a 42,000 square foot building in about 22 months time. The new facility – about half the size of the current one – will be built in what is now the upper Town Hall parking lot. “The citizens of Newington have patiently waited for this day to come,” […]
The GOP solution is to increase borrowing for transportation projects by about $700 million per year. But to avoid overtaxing the STF, Republicans would pay off that extra debt from the state’s General Fund. The problem with that, said Rep. Roland Lemar, D-New Haven, a Transportation Committee co-chair, is the General Fund can’t spare the […]
A new survey of natural gas pipelines in Danbury and other Connecticut cities shows methane is seeping into the air from underground pipes and could cause a disaster similar to the explosions last year that rocked three Massachusetts towns. “This report shows again that Connecticut has a real problem with gas leaking from pipes, and […]
The company and its landlord, Building and Land Technology, which is behind the HQ build out, say the development is a more than $400 million investment in the city and the 1,300 workers now here could soon grow to 3,000 once the new buildings open. The city will see an additional $3 million for affordable […]
The Board of Aldermen agreed Monday to pump $1.2 million into a contract with an engineering firm overseeing downtown roadway improvements. A federal grant is covering $14.4 million of costs. The city is responsible for $4.7 million. Aldermen will review a construction contract later this month, the final approval needed. The board’s unanimous vote Monday […]
City officials have said repeatedly the project is still on, but after more than four years in the making, no one can say for sure when ground will be broken. The expected appearance by the developers came about last month when the city made a request to abandon certain roads for safety reasons, including Water […]
Plans for the renovation of the Mary P. Hinsdale School include a proposal to “daylight the culvert” that carries a brook underneath the two-story wing of the school. The total cost of the project is $16.8 million, of which $6.9 million would be paid for through a state grant. While the reimbursable part of the […]
This fiscal year, for example, the city will spend $4.8 million on road repairs, Mayor David Martin said. In 2017, the year he ran for re-election, he bumped it up to $6 million, but not for long. It fell to $4.8 million last year and will be $4 million this year, perhaps more if mold […]
The optimism over Ørsted’s plan for an installation site is real. But New London and State Pier have been down this road before. That could be about to change. A group representing shipbuilding and railroad interests announced plans for the Blue Ribbon Line, whose vessels, faster than anything afloat, would cross the Atlantic in four […]
The developer of the Atlantic Wharf project, Metro Star Capital LLC, filed the lawsuit in February, claiming damages greater than $15,000 against property owner 1 Church Street LLC. The property has been under contract for sale since Feb. 26, 2013, and the town approved the development initially in February 2015 and again in January 2017. […]
The record appears to contradict Mayor Joe Ganim’s claim that Joe Tiago recused himself from involvement with the multimillion dollar garage construction project, and nearly $700,000 in associated paving work, while he was deputy public facilities director. Vaz Quality Works of Bridgeport submitted the low bid to build the garage in 2016 and was selected […]
The town of Greenwich has filed a legal appeal against the Connecticut Siting Council for its decision in November 2017 to allow the substation to proceed. And while that appeal is still active, the town has been engaged in settlement talks with Eversource since last year. “Breaking ground on this project is a significant step […]
State and city lawmakers say they understand the developer is waiting on a certificate from the Office of State Traffic Administration — or OSTA — but want to know how soon after that certificate comes through the developer will start demolition. Residents have questions about The Haven at just about every municipal meeting, many expressing […]
The report was released in the midst of a debate in Connecticut over the imposition of tolls to help pay for an overhaul of the state’s aging, overused infrastructure. It ranks Connecticut 26th in the nation in the percentage of structurally deficient bridges, and 38th in the nation in the percentage of those bridges needing […]
But a number of complications, including 18 change orders, delayed the project. The biggest speed bump was the need to reinforce steel on part of the structure. That, in itself, added $600,000 to the budget and two years of delays. And the delays have proved expensive, as the original budget of $8.8 million has grown […]
Republicans have been traveling around the state in a “road show’’ of public forums that have focused on sharp opposition to tolls. “The House Republicans have no counter proposal whatsoever. They’ve done nothing,’’ Ritter told Capitol reporters in stronger-than-usual language. “They just say, ‘No, no, no, no’. I give the Senate Republicans credit. Len did […]
