Town Council Chair Kathy Pugliese said that the town has put out RFPs (request for proposals) for remediation work to the former White Oak Construction building at 1& 63 W. Main St., next to the Municipal Center. The town also plans to utilize $100,000 of the $200,000 allocated to the police department from ARPA (American […]
Gov. Ned Lamont, on Monday, announced plans to pump $75 million into the small business program. he State Bond Commission is set Friday to borrow $25 million to fund the state’s brownfield remediation grant program, and another $25 million for a rebooted version of the Small Business Express program. These are among a laundry list […]
“Just over 13 months after city and state officials joined developer Carter Winstanley to break ground on the 10-story, 500,000-square-foot 101 College Street bioscience lab building, part of the city’s Downtown Crossing project, it’s on time and on budget, with four stories of steel up so far, officials said Tuesday. Downtown Crossing is a city […]
Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim’s Democratic administration for the past few years has been seeking ways to revive regular commercial passenger service at Sikorsky, which currently caters to business, charter and private planes. That effort resulted in talks to either sell or lease the facility to the CAA, which operates Bradley International and five other state-owned […]
With the demolition of city hall’s front brick exterior, workers observed that brick and concrete block walls were not “tied structurally with the building’s substructure” and additional ties were set to be installed in mid-July. The eastern facade of the building will not require ties because much of the area is going to be covered […]
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) in a statement said, “Construction is set to proceed by the end of 2022, with materials procurement through the winter and major construction beginning spring 2023.” The coronavirus pandemic has been one reason for the delay, according to the DOT, along with “design challenges and project management staff changes.” […]
The Glastonbury Town Plan & Zoning Commission finalized a developer’s proposal Tuesday to build a 74-unit apartment building that could be occupied in early 2024. The commission voted 4-2 to approve the application during a nearly four-hour meeting. Developer Richard Hayes, principal of Manchester/Hebron Avenue LLC, will build the multifamily units. The property, on Manchester […]
If approved by the committee and Congress, the town could receive the money by next June. The project was approved in 2019 to connect the neighborhoods, which currently use septic systems, to sewer systems to mitigate pollution to Long Island Sound. The associations governing Old Colony Beach, Old Lyme Shores Beach and Miami Beach, which […]
As a heat wave bakes the Northeast, demand is soaring for electricity that’s powering air conditioners, pressing New England’s “relatively small” electricity surplus, according to the region’s grid operator. ISO on Friday reported a capacity of 26,690 megawatts and an excess of 95 megawatts. The capacity is down slightly from Thursday and the surplus fell […]
A $2 million federal grant to study impacts of a fast track from Danbury to New York City was approved by a U.S. House vote this week, while a similarly-sized grant for a health center garage and senior housing project has to wait for a future funding round. Once considered a longshot, the fast track […]
