Eversource Gas will be paving to repair their trenches on Ronzo Road starting this week and then move on to pave Birch Street during the week of July 6. While it is an Eversource project, the city will be monitoring the work. Questions or concerns about the project can be directed to the Public Works […]
The Town Council in March declined to move forward with a $16 million bonding proposal that, if approved by residents, would have shifted programming to the town’s former high school on Westfield Avenue and made any repair issues at the Broad Street site moot. Town Manager Mary Calorio said council members were leery of approving […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Three months after New York-based Ideanomics indicated it would put its $400 million West Hartford Fintech Village project on ice to focus on its core business, the project appears all but dead after the town earlier this week inked a right-of-first-refusal agreement with the company to potentially take back land that formerly served as a […]
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 […]
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 […]
