Plainville residents to vote on $61M middle school renovation project

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 14, 2024 | Uncategorized

Residents will decide on a $61 million middle school renovation project when it heads to referendum on Tuesday. While the total estimated cost of the project is $61,913,393, the estimated local cost to the town is $25,712,663. This is due to the project meeting the...

Manchester library grows beyond budget, with schematic estimated at $53.6 million

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 14, 2024 | Uncategorized

Residents approved a $39 million bond referendum in November 2022 for a new main library branch to be located at 1041 Main St., intended to help revitalize Main Street while modernizing and expanding the town’s offerings beyond the cramped Mary Cheney Library at...

State board offers $8M to help clean-up proposed Bridgeport soccer site

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 13, 2024 | Uncategorized

A special state board has recommended spending $8 million to help clean up lower East Side properties where a developer wants to build minor and major league soccer stadiums, plus adjacent housing, retail and a hotel. Though that amount is, according to key...

Norwalk advances traffic signal modernization project with $3.4 M federal grant, ‘two new signals’

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 13, 2024 | Uncategorized

Norwalk has received a $3.4 million federal grant that will cover the design and construction of the new signals, among other traffic improvements. TMP requested $380,461 of the grant to be allocated to the engineering consultant VHB to design the new intersections...

East Hartford approves $6.5M for demolition in Founders Plaza, fewer apartments likely to be built

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 13, 2024 | Uncategorized

A newly executed agreement between the town and the developers of the Founders Plaza property near the bank of the Connecticut River transfers $6.5 million in state funding for demolition of the former Bank of America building. The new agreement, approved by the Town...