State Supreme Court dismisses an environmental challenge and upholds certificate of operation for a natural gas power plant in Killingly

The state Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the approval of a new gas-fired electric generating plant in the town of Killingly, dismissing a complaint by opponents that the decision to certify the plant failed to consider potential environmental damage from expanding a pipeline needed to deliver fuel. The decision by a divided court — there […]

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Corporate investment in Hartford redevelopment projects a sign of growing confidence in city projects

Two major companies — Bloomfield-based health insurer Cigna and New Britain-based tool and storage giant Stanley Black & Decker — are making loans totaling $1.7 million through the Capital Region Development Authority. Bronin said the city and CRDA, which helps finance projects with state taxpayer-backed loans and equity investments, have had conversations with corporate leaders […]

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Work resumes on Shelton’s Fountain Square development

The site’s developers, Fountain Square, LLC, recently announced that construction of the 710 Bridgeport Ave. property has resumed. The site, at the intersection with Parrott Drive, was formerly occupied by the United Illuminating Co. “The developers of Fountain Square have secured all necessary funding and investors needed to complete the project,” the company said in […]

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New Britain seeking state funding to revitalize Arch Street, ‘Barrio Latino’ section of city

Mayor Erin Stewart announced Tuesday the city will submit a grant application for the Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program (LOTCIP). The program provides funding for transportation projects for urbanized area municipal governments. If approved, the $1.5 million grant would allow the city to make changes to Arch Street that include narrowing the road, paving sidewalks […]

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CT highway, local roadways to get $175 million facelift

With sounds of traffic whizzing by on the Merritt Parkway, the district’s chairman of the General Assembly Transportation Committee, state Sen. Will Haskell, highlighted $175 million on infrastructure spending that would soon improve the area. According to two easels with charts outlining where the money goes, $61 million would be for resurfacing the parkway; $98 […]

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Rentschler Field, CT Convention Center need $3.5M of work

Rentschler Field opened in 2003 and the Convention Center in 2005. And like anything that’s aging, they need work. The Capital Region Development Authority’s board of directors recently voted to authorize their executive director to apply to the state Bond Commission for $3.5 million to replace cooling towers and install a new elevator at the […]

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West Haven residents: Amid development, what will be done about flooding?

Lipsett was among about a dozen people who attended an Inland Wetlands Agency public hearing this week to ask how the city plans to address flooding concerns as applicants for a proposed mixed-use development in the area obtain the necessary approvals to start building. Commissioner Of Public Works Tom McCarthy affirmed there are issues for […]

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