Two months behind the anticipated April 1 start of the Sherman Street bridge reconstruction, the city has awarded the $10.3 million contract for the work to Plainville-based Manafort Bros. Inc. The long-planned project now is expected to begin in June, but the bridge will not completely be closed to traffic until after the school year […]
A group of neighbors, the Aquarion Water Co. and some town officials are criticizing a proposal by a Virginia firm to construct an energy storage facility off rural Prentice Williams Road in Old Mystic. They say it endangers the aquifer where it is located and the nearby Aquarion Water Co. reservoir, does not conform to […]
The U.S. energy secretary and Danish wind developer Orsted say they want American union workers to build offshore wind farms to dot the U.S. coastlines — the building trades workers who could otherwise be left out of a transition to renewable resources. Orsted signed a project labor agreement this month with the national union representing […]
Engineers plan to replace the 112-year-old bridge on West Cedar Street that crosses the Five Mile River with a wider overpass that can accommodate two full lanes of traffic and a sidewalk. The larger concrete bridge will be designed to match the historic but slowly deteriorating stone structure that stands near Norwalk Community College’s main […]
On behalf of the Charter Oak Communities, Stamford’s housing authority, Redniss has put before the Board a new plan for the property. Across three phases, the housing authority will tear down Oak Park and replace it with updated and larger units. The buildings will include 16 one-bedroom, 114 two-bedroom and 36 three-bedroom apartments. For the […]
Douglas Street Ventures LLC, a Farmington-based development company, is proposing to build a 74,520-square-foot warehouse and distribution center in Bloomfield, including 5,000-square-feet of office space. The building would be one story and a maximum of 44-feet tall, and the parking lot would have 72 spaces. The company has applied for a special permit and a […]
The Greater Hartford-New Britain Building Trades Council, a union that represents about 30,000 construction workers statewide, is offering pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeships through a 10-year project labor agreement the City Council approved last year. Project officials want 25% of hired construction workers to be city residents and another 30% from Litchfield County. More than 300 city […]
David Lehman, Connecticut’s Department of Economic and Community Development commissioner, called the Stamford and New Haven areas “economic powerhouses” Tuesday, but said for the rest of the state to follow suit, more communities need to offer a broader array of housing opportunities. He said there are 100,000 job openings in the state right now and […]
Hartford, Waterbury, New Haven, New Britain and 41 additional “historically underserved” communities in Connecticut can now apply to an $875 million state grant pool for community investments. The taxpayer-funded “Community Investment Fund 2030” could help eligible municipalities and their economic development agencies pay for infrastructure upgrades, brownfield remediation, public facilities, new affordable housing and small […]
Norwalk Hospital has announced the facility’s largest expansion ever — worth more than $200 million — but has not yet submitted its plans to the city’s zoning department, officials said. Last summer, Nuvance Health, which owns and operates Norwalk Hospital, announced plans for a $220 million expansion of the hospital, with an emphasis on the […]
