A major boost for the Research Parkway corridor is also expected when Connecticut’s two largest hospital groups, Yale New Haven Health and Hartford HealthCare, break ground this fall on a proton therapy center. Experts say the joint venture could result in more medical technology businesses moving into the corridor as a result. Construction of the $70 million facility had been scheduled to start in the spring, but is now expected to begin in the fall, Yale New Haven Health officials say. One challenge for both communities in terms of attracting businesses to the corridor is the presence of wetlands. Wallingford and Meriden can make the corridor more attractive to new medical tech businesses by ensuring the area has a significant “inventory of shovel ready sites available” around the soon-to-be-built Proton Therapy Center, Boyd said.
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