by Joelyn Leon | Sep 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
While the stadium has succeeded in bringing crowds of more than 6,000 fans to downtown Hartford, a dispute over cost overruns and delays with its construction – and the city’s decision to fire the original developer, Middletown-based Centerplan Cos. – remains mired in...
by Joelyn Leon | Sep 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Town officials this week revealed their plans to reconstruct part of New Park Avenue, with designs calling for what would be the town’s first-ever separated bike lanes. Up until now, bike lanes in West Hartford have only ever been painted lines on the roadway....
by Joelyn Leon | Sep 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
With a goal of repairing some 10 miles of local street surfaces by the end of the year, crews will be paving, milling, patching and conducting other preservation efforts through the fall. Next up will be curbing and more preservation work on the south side of town, in...
by Joelyn Leon | Sep 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
An ambitious $16.5 million flood mitigation proposal for South Water Street calls for a combination of new flood walls and road-raising, along with design elements to make the downtown waterfront area more attractive and functional. The plan, which requires several...
by Joelyn Leon | Sep 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
In a Tuesday newsletter, First Selectmen Bill Gerber urged residents to share their concerns about project impacts like clear cutting, habitat removal, disturbances to private property and “unsightly” transmission poles with the state Department of Energy and...
