The state Department of Transportation will hold a hybrid public information meeting next week where it will present its plans for a $32.8 million rehabilitation of the Mohegan-Pequot Bridge. The meeting will take place Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Montville Public Safety Building at 911 Norwich-New London Turnpike. Participants can also join on Zoom. […]
The $57.5 million project got underway after a series of adjustments to reduce the cost and meet the approved budget. These changes included eliminating improvements to security vestibules and fire protection systems and redesigning the HVAC system. The original project included improving HVAC systems at Lyme Consolidated School, Center School, Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School and […]
Still reeling after learning a $54 million proposed senior center and health department campus would be delayed by more than six years, city officials have turned their sights to rehabilitating their existing buildings. Work on three bridges, and Harbor Brook dredging will significantly delay campus construction, Scarpati recapped for members of the Senior Center/ Health […]
A consultant hired by the town estimated Thursday at a Planning & Zoning Commission meeting that the 40-acre Gales Ferry Intermodal site being considered for a quarry application would eventually contribute more than $1 million a year to the town’s tax base. Donald Poland of Goman + York in East Hartford cited the impact of […]
The Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to approve revised plans for the four new elementary schools in the city’s $385 million school construction project. If state school construction officials approve the final plans for the first two schools, the John B. Stanton and Greeneville elementary schools, the city can put those two school projects […]
Gov. Ned Lamont said Tuesday he is in no rush to decide if he will seek a third term in office, stating that he will wait until the end of the 2025 legislative session to decide. “I think it’s too early,” Lamont said during an interview with Hartford Business Journal. Lamont, who will turn 71 […]
City officials on Tuesday marked the start of construction on The Monarch, an affordable multifamily development in New Haven’s West River neighborhood. Being developed by Honeycomb Real Estate Partners, the 64-unit building will be located at the site of the former New England Linen company, at 149 and 169 Derby Ave. The $27 million project […]
Following the Biden administration, which put billions of dollars into Amtrak, high-speed rail, public transportation and the transition to electric vehicles and buses, what might change under the incoming administration? On transportation policy that affects cities and states nationwide, Trump has a mixed record. In his first term, he proposed a trillion-dollar infrastructure plan that […]
The town has received applications for two projects that would construct a total of 257 apartments on Route 32. When the Planning and Zoning Commission meets on Dec. 10, it is expected to set a public hearing date for the two projects. The first project calls for a four-story mixed-income apartment building on Route 32 […]
A 46-acre property at 132 Spencer Hill Road could become home to a solar farm. The undeveloped land was purchased by Vineyard Sky Farms Corp. in February for $860,000. The council in February approved a proposal for the development and construction of a 3.74-megawatt, ground-mounted solar array from Greenskies Energy. The project calls for the […]
The dust — sold under the trademark brand Pozzotive — is a cement alternative developed by Urban Mining Industries and manufactured at the company’s first-of-its-kind facility in Connecticut, where recycled glass is cleaned, crushed and milled before being distributed to nearby plants to be mixed into concrete. Gov. Ned Lamont toured the Beacon Falls plant […]
The state Department of Transportation is planning $106 million in infrastructure upgrades at the Waterbury, Beacon Falls, Seymour, Ansonia and Derby-Shelton train stations along Metro-North’s Waterbury line, with construction beginning in 2025. The improvements will be funded with a combination of federal and state money, and about $3 million is expected to go toward renovation […]
Gov. Ned Lamont, state DOT Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto, Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti, Derby Mayor Joseph L. DiMartino, former Valley United Way chair and Derby Historical Society head Jack Walsh and a host of state legislators braved a stiff wind Tuesday morning to celebrate the reopening of the bridge connecting downtown Derby and Shelton. Work on […]
Ted Lazarus, a principal of the Litchfield-based Park Lane Group, said Friday remediation at 90 Garfield Ave., former home to the Edward Bloom Silk Co business, is about 90% complete and he expects construction of 87 apartments ― 20% of which will be set aside as affordable housing ― to be finished by the first […]
The Southington Public Library is almost ready for the community to enjoy an improved experience as it moves into a new state-of-the-art building in the next few weeks. The move from the current library location at 255 Main St. to the nearly 30,000-square-foot new building next door will begin on Nov. 18, with the reopening […]
The completion date of a project to rebuild a bridge on Cedar Heights Road has been pushed back, again. The goal was to get the bridge, rated in “Serious” condition by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, rebuilt by the end of November after a string of delays. However, City Engineer Lou Casolo said the hope […]
The Board of Mayor and Burgesses last Wednesday approved a work order for Parcel B, Phase 1 construction services and Phase 2 design services in the amount of $42,920. Pennrose, a real estate development company from Philadelphia, and Cloud Co. of Hartford are set to develop 7.75 acres at the corner of Maple Street and […]
Officials have narrowed the sites they are considering for a new federal courthouse in Hartford to two, a 2.2-acre Allyn Street parking lot and a 10.2-acre site at the corner of Asylum Avenue and Woodland Street now occupied by 74-year-old state government office building. The U.S. General Services Administration has issued a 381-page draft Environmental […]
Bristol officials announced Wednesday that the city is accepting requests for proposals from developers and others for the sale and development of a remediated brownfield property located across the street from ESPN’s campus. The property, at 894 Middle St., encompasses three contiguous parcels owned by the city. Combined, the parcels make up an approximately 15-acre […]
Residents can look forward to the construction of a new Hillcrest Middle School after a majority of residents voted to approve it Tuesday. Unofficial results from the Registrar of Voters Office show the town’s referendum ballot question get over 13,000 “yes” votes. The Hillcrest project costs approximately $142,375,000. Democratic Registrar of Voters Jean Rabinow shared […]
Officials with the Waterbury Inland Wetlands Commission approved developer Bluewater Property Group’s plan to build an Amazon fulfillment center on the Naugatuck line, after hearing opposition from a handful of residents with environmental concerns. Located on a wooded hilltop in the Waterbury-Naugatuck Industrial Park just off Route 8, the Amazon facility would support between 500 […]
Principal Bryan Rickert said the 117,000-square-foot building is bursting at the seams and staff are forced to convert various spaces into other uses against their original design. There is referendum vote looming on Tuesday to decide if the town can build a new school. The question on the ballot says “Shall the $142,375,000 appropriation and […]
Organizers are confident a project that includes bringing an MLS Next Pro soccer team to Connecticut will have a transformative effect on the region. But a year after the pitch was made public, questions remain regarding just how much money the project could cost taxpayers, and whether a stadium will come to fruition in time […]
The $5.4 million project intended to improve pedestrian and motorist safety in the area of Route 10 and West Main Street is expected to be completed in late spring after a couple of hurdles have caused a three-month timeline to become nearly a year. Funded through the Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program, the project includes […]
The Connecticut Siting Council has approved a contentious $3.75 million solar facility planned for Town Farm Road after months of resistance from both residents and local officials. Avon-based Lodestar Energy filed a petition in February for a 4,702-panel, 1.93-megawatt solar photovoltaic electric-generating facility on 12.1 acres of unused farmland at 141 Town Farm Road in […]
The Renaissance City Development Association (RCDA) the city’s development arm, brokered an agreement in 2023 that included selling 6.28 acres split among three parcels to RJ Development + Advisors, LLC for $500,000. RJ Development, which built The Beam, a 203-unit apartment complex on Howard Street, pitched building two 250-unit apartment complexes on Nameaug and Walbach […]
“We’re rocking and rolling … from a construction standpoint,” said XL Center General Manager Ben Weiss. “The construction is everywhere, and we’re dealing with it.” Weiss and construction manager Robert Houlihan updated the Capital Regional Development Authority on Friday with the latest in the $145 million revamp of the aging arena. Between 30 and 40 […]
The city wants voter input on spending $6 million, 85% of which will be reimbursed by the state, for turf fields at the new high school and middle school complex. A referendum question on the appropriation is included on the ballot for Tuesday’s election. The expense would increase the cost of the school construction project […]
The town is moving forward with its plans to reconstruct the busy commercial and residential Park Road corridor that will reduce car travel lanes, add bike lanes, and increase pedestrian safety. Construction is expected to begin next summer on the $2.25 million plan to upgrade the roadway from Quaker Lane South to Prospect Avenue, which […]
Under a design attributed to the Stamford architectural firm Marsh + Woods Architects, one potential iteration of the building would include a residential tower rising nearly 40 stories with 484 units, with a wide base or a run of ground-level storefronts fronting Dock Street and a larger parking garage on the lower levels. That would […]
For more than a year, staff at the Capital Region Development Authority and Metropolitan District (MDC) have been negotiating an agreement that would require the CRDA to help pay for the installation of a large stormwater drainage pipe, which would accept water flowing from parking lots and off buildings planned for the “Bushnell South” development […]
Tweed New Haven Airport announced they were awarded $4 million from the Federal Aviation Administration to support the airport’s terminal expansion Thursday. The anticipated 81,568 square-foot terminal will feature four gates, expanded security screening, new baggage handling systems, and concessions space. This is part of continued work to modernize the airport’s infrastructure by replacing an […]
A 42-bed, 55,000-square-foot inpatient rehabilitation hospital should soon be under construction in Waterbury following the sale Monday of a roughly 4.5-acre building site to a Florida-based developer. Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate, a Florida-based national development and investment firm, bought a building site at the intersection of Reidville Drive and Harpers Ferry Road in Waterbury’s East […]
Mayor Caroline Simmons and the Board of Finance are on a collision course over a multi-year, multi-school rebuilding plan that could cost the city $1 billion, and require that the state contribute the same. Simmons obtained the legal opinion after finance board members rejected her request for $895,000 to begin design work on Roxbury. One […]
The Elmwood Community Center, which will bring together the senior center, teen center, a library branch and more into one central building, has been in the works for a few years now, with plans formulating after the town bought the former St. Brigid School at 100 Mayflower St. in 2021. The town hired GWWO Architects […]
While the developers of the proposed minor league soccer stadium have repeatedly declined to offer specifics about its estimated cost, a grant application shows the initial price tag was close to $100 million as of roughly a year ago. The initial ask was for $30 million and in June the project was instead awarded $8 […]
New Haven will receive $34.03 million in federal funding for zero-emission equipment and energy storage infrastructure for its port as part of President Joe Biden’s efforts to improve infrastructure, provide union jobs and address the global climate crisis. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials announced this week that $3 billion in Clean Ports grants funded by […]
Local, state and military officials on Tuesday celebrated the imminent construction of the National Coast Guard Museum behind Union Station. After a decade of derailments, the latest estimates suggest the glass doors to the estimated $150 million museum could open in 2026. Association Board of Directors Chairwoman Susan Curtin credited almost 7,000 private donors with […]
A $125 million competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) was awarded to the Connecticut to support the third phase of a construction project designed to reconfigure the dangerous roadway interchange that connects Interstate 91, Interstate 691 and Conn. Route 15 in Meriden. The funding was delivered to the Connecticut Department of Transportation […]
City officials and developer William R. Deickler, president of Pay Dirt, said the permitting process for the demolition, which is being funded by a $1.5 million Municipal Brownfield Remediation Grant from the Connecticut Department of Community and Economic Development, has started and contractors are working on getting water and utilities properly disconnected. Because the project […]
Developers unveiled plans for the proposed mixed-use residential and commercial downtown projects at the 21st annual Naugatuck Economic Development Corp. meeting Oct. 17 at the Crystal Room. The Parcel B plan calls for three, four-story buildings divided into three phases with 60 units in each structure, consisting of 29 one-bedroom and 31 two-bedroom units. Phase […]
Mayor Mark Lauretti, in a letter to state officials dated Aug. 28, agreed to purchase 23,800 square feet of state-owned land on Bridgeport Ave. that is essential to connecting the Constitution Boulevard extension to Bridgeport Avenue. The city will be purchasing the land for $876,000, which includes a $1,000 administrative fee. The project was supposed […]
A buyer is lined up to acquire 29 acres next to the sprawling Summit office and apartment complex — a purchase that would preserve the property as open space and end controversy over a New York mover’s plan to build a warehouse there. It was not clear this week who the mystery buyer was or […]
The project to rebuild Roxbury Elementary School faced a roadblock last month when a local board denied two requests to advance the plan, but a recent legal opinion appears to have removed that obstacle. In September, the Board of Finance voted 2-4 on requests totaling $895,000 for contracts for both an owner’s representative and an […]
Drivers on Interstate 95 in Stamford can expect another year of construction on what was determined one of the busiest corridors in the country last year. The hope, though, is the construction will work to remove that title. An auxiliary lane will be built on both sides of I-95 in Stamford and connect Exit 6 […]
Engineers with the Interstate 95 construction project are promising a strong law enforcement presence over the next two months to enforce the work zone’s 50 mph speed limit as shifting lanes become increasingly tricky to navigate. Resident Engineer Robert Obey of the Glastonbury-based engineering firm GM2 said the realigned Exit 74 on-ramp that opened this […]
The city is seeking a $24 million grant to develop state-of-the-art facilities on the site of the former Torrington Company at 70 North St. and to expand Dymax at 318 Industrial Lane. The City Council on Monday authorized Mayor Elinor C. Carbone to submit a proposal for a $24 million grant application to the state […]
Construction is underway at 491 and 519 Spring St. for the town’s new senior center and police station, with both facilities expected to be open by next summer. In January, the former first selectman Paul Harrington said that roughly $18 million will be used to build the 18,000-square-foot police station, and about $13 million will […]
The Connecticut Proton Therapy Center will be 25,000 square-foot facility off Interstate 91 operated by Proton International. Located at 932 Northrop Road, the center is the first of its kind in Connecticut and one of only three in New England with others in New York and Boston. There are 45 operating centers in the U.S. […]
While hydrogen has tremendous potential for helping with decarbonization in the fight against global warming, it is hindered by the cost of producing it cleanly — which makes an event held Wednesday in Wallingford a step in the right direction. Nel Hydrogen, a Norway-based company that produces clean hydrogen from renewable resources, hosted local, state […]
Nine companies were cited last Thursday when a surprise state Department of Labor inspection determined that some appeared to be misclassifying workers as independent contractors and others were not providing workers compensation for employees. Belfonti Companies, the Hamden-based developer company doing the massive project, did not respond to a phone message Wednesday. A staff member […]
Voters will consider whether Connecticut should amend its constitution to permit anyone to vote by absentee ballot, whether to renovate and expand 100-year-old Macdonough Elementary School, and whether to construct a new emergency operations center. Central Communications is the 911 service provider for Middletown and Portland. The anticipated project is a rebuild of the one-room […]
Four local agencies are set to receive money from the State Bond Commission, which met Tuesday to approve a lengthy list of requests ranging from a designs for a new library, to supporting ongoing renovations and restoration of the Thomaston Opera House and renovations to the Warner Theatre. From the Department of Economic and Community […]
New Britain officials are trumpeting a newly approved $6 million state grant that will be used to demolish buildings at its former Department of Public Works yard on Harvard Street and prepare the 3.1-acre site for redevelopment. Officials hope to see the former DPW yard at 55 and 70 Harvard St., which sits near a […]
More maintenance work is expected to start next summer on the Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge, with construction mainly planned for overnight. The railings and grating will be constructed of fiberglass-reinforced plastic, which weighs less than steel and is corrosion-resistant, project manager Everett Milam said at a virtual meeting about the bridge on Monday. Other track […]
The Bond Commission approved nearly $36 million for the northbound Gold Star Bridge renovation, which represents the state’s matching funds for the current phase of the work, which includes testing, replacing, repairing and reinforcing steel under the bridge, said state Rep. Christine Conley, D-Groton. As each step of the construction proceeds, the state will appropriate […]
Housing, schools, and roads were the top priorities during a special meeting of the state Bond Commission on Tuesday at the Legislative Office Building. Gov. Ned Lamont laid out his spending priorities for the Bond Commission at the top of the meeting. The commission’s agenda included 43 items that provided funding for everything from hazardous […]
The Common Council voted unanimously at its Oct. 9 meeting to approve a $5.4 million bid for the project by Bristol-based Martin Laviero Contractor, Inc. The project will be paid entirely with state funds. New Britain Public Works Director Mark Moriary said the extensive project will begin in the spring and be completed by summer […]
The state’s Department of Transportation has expanded on its plans to overhaul and reconstruct the busy Bishops Corner intersection at North Main Street and Albany Avenue. The plans will be the subject of a public meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Bishops Corner Senior Center at 6:30 p.m. The current sidewalks will be replaced […]
The proposed 7th House Music Theater at 143 W. Main St. is in the final stages of financing with a bond closing expected later this week, said Robert Cappelletti, executive director of the Meriden Housing Authority. The Meriden Housing Authority and its development arm the Maynard Road Corp. has site plan approval to build the […]
The demolition phase at the Greenwich train station plaza has been completed, and now workers are beginning the construction phase of the $30 million revitalization project that will yield a modernized train station, a new restaurant and new retail space on Railroad Avenue. Ryan Harvey, the chief executive officer of the Ashforth Company, which owns […]
Hartford HealthCare has filed an application with the city of Hartford seeking to expand its 65-acre flagship hospital campus by adding five buildings. The special permit application to the Hartford Planning & Zoning Commission outlines Hartford Hospital’s draft “facilities master plan.” The garage expansion would be done in two phases and include demolishing the existing […]
The Zoning Commission opened a hearing Wednesday at Town Hall for the special permit application for phase two of a proposed residential and commercial development for the property at 90 Old Firehouse Road. The commission extended the hearing to Nov. 20 at 6:05 p.m. before giving applicant Pennrose Properties more green lights to move ahead […]
The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved an agreement this week for wastewater treatment that town officials said would allow the sewer project for the Old Lyme beach communities to go out to bid before the end of the year. The agreement voted at a special meeting last Tuesday established the terms of service that the […]
Train service will resume later this month on the Waterbury Branch Line following weeks of repairs to sections of track that were washed away during Connecticut’s historic August floods, officials announced Friday. Rail service on the route was suspended on Aug. 18 and replaced with buses while workers raced to replace nearly 7,000 tons of […]
Three years ago city planners approved a new land use policy allowing construction of an office park at Remington Woods, 419 acres of forested property with a large lake. That plan, outlined on a just-launched website, lakesuccess.net, would set aside 358 acres for “conservation space” and use the remaining 61 acres for “renewable energy” projects. […]
Construction is nearing completion on the Bartlem Park South project, a nearly $8 million expansion of the town’s major park on South Main Street across from Cheshire High School, officials said. New playfields, including a new turf field with lighting, are done. Work is expected to be complete near the end of the year on […]
With an approval of over $5.5 million at a recent Board of Finance meeting, the town is making strides to repair the 36-year-old Old Mill Pond walkway and tide gate, which has fallen into disrepair. Director of Public Works Pete Ratkiewich said most marine structures that involve pilings or concrete in the water last 20 […]
Construction on the Wall Street Place development officially begins Friday after over a decade of delays. When completed, the project will provide 105 apartment units at 61 Wall Street and another 50 at the development’s 17 Isaacs St. sister building. The housing project that will provide 155 mixed-income studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom flats and […]
City leaders promise a new fire station for the growing west side, a program to improve city roads and upgrades to the police department’s aging camera system, if voters approve a $49 million bond question on November’s ballot. Mayor Roberto Alves said the proposal addresses what he called a “decades-long need” for faster emergency response […]
State construction workers reopened a stretch of Route 34 on Wednesday that had been closed since severe flooding in August caused more than $300 million in damage. Gov. Ned Lamont heralded the completion of the bridge work in a Facebook post, saying it was completed two weeks ahead of schedule. Oxford arguably took the most […]
The state Bond Commission is scheduled to meet next week to vote on $1.3 billion in general obligation and revenue bonds for dozens of projects across the state. The agenda includes $5 million for improvements to the Department of Labor’s central office in Wethersfield, and $1.5 million for the city of Hartford’s streetscape improvements along […]
The city of Waterbury has received multiple proposals for redevelopment of a roughly 16-acre brownfield that used to house the Anamet brass manufacturing company, and officials hope to pick a preferred developer by the end of this year. This is the city’s third search for a development partner for 698 South Main St. in a […]
The Connecticut Port Authority has recommended bonding $10.3 million for local harbors and marinas through the Small Harbor Improvement Projects Program, more than double the amount given during the last round. Of the 17 proposals received before July 1, only one — a Guilford dredging project — was rejected. This year’s recommended $10.3 million exceeds […]
Two major projects at Bradley International Airport — including $185 million for streamlining baggage checking and screening — are expected to be completed by early 2026, setting the stage for future expansion at Connecticut’s largest commercial airport, officials said Wednesday. The CAA Wednesday opened up construction areas in Bradley’s terminal during a media tour, putting […]
With both institutions on more stable financial ground, the colleges in July tapped the bond market for a combined $47.1 million. Some proceeds are being used to refinance debt Goodwin took on to complete its UB acquisition. KeyBank and Liberty Bank helped finance the purchase, while the state Department of Economic and Community Development provided […]
The Connecticut Siting Council will reconsider a petition for a previously rejected solar facility on South Road following a series of design revisions. Bridgeport-based Santa Fuel Inc. submitted its first petition for the Somers project in January, detailing a 22.1-acre development at 159 South Road originally designed to generate 3.85 megawatts of electricity. Santa Fuel […]
For about five years, officials with ConnCORP, a subsidiary of the nonprofit ConnCAT, have planned the $200 million development of a new Dixwell Plaza called the ConnCAT Place on Dixwell to replace the existing faded shopping plaza, Elks Club building and Stetson branch library. After the demolition of those buildings last year, officials launched the […]
Springside Middletown, a $100 million, 486-unit luxury apartment and townhouse community situated on a 48-acre site, is just about at the halfway point of construction. The campus is located at 494 Newfield St. / Route 3, near Middletown High School. The project is being developed by Newfield Residential Partners, a joint venture of PB Ventures […]
City leaders say the Danbury High School West building is on track to open for the 2025-26 school year and finally offer students and staff a reprieve from overcrowding in the state’s, and New England’s, largest high school building. The building’s second phase of construction is underway, City Engineer Antonio Iadarola said in his latest […]
An architectural firm has been chosen and funds have been awarded for the middle school building project, which is anticipated to be completed in the fall of 2028. The town put out a request for proposals for the design work for the project back on June 24. The Capital Projects Building Committee received eight proposals, […]
Roxbury Elementary School teacher Kristyn O’Brien’s husband attended the elementary school in the ’80s, which she described as now being a “very dilapidated school building.” It’s why she and other Stamford residents spoke in support of a potential rebuild of the 70-year-old Roxbury Elementary School during the Board of Finance’s meeting. However, O’Brien and other […]
The developers of the Steelpointe site along the harbor want approval to build row houses just a short distance away. And Robert Christoph and Robert Christoph Jr.’s proposal is receiving praise for tackling two needs in that lower East Side neighborhood. The row houses, if approved Tuesday by the zoning board of appeals and later […]
The massive construction site is taking shape for the Walk Bridge project, with super-size equipment on the scene along the Norwalk River. The $1 billion multi-year project to build a new railroad bridge requires the installation of eight 12-foot drilled shafts, varying between 80 to 100 feet in depth, according to a Facebook post from […]
The state’s utility regulator has issued draft decisions imposing $75 million in cuts on two natural gas utilities, which their parent company, Orange-based Avangrid Inc., says will cause infrastructure upgrades to be deferred and lead to higher prices for customers. Last week, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) issued a draft decision in a rate […]
School district leaders along with city and state officials stood chattering while taking turns at signing their names on a white steel beam, the last finishing touch on the skeleton of the new South Norwalk School. This sentiment abounded at the Tuesday morning ceremony for the beam-topping, where Mayor Harry Rilling, state Senate Majority Leader […]
The town of Wilton is one step closer to unveiling its new police station, which is expected to open by next summer. Police officers, town officials and building contractors celebrated a big step in the construction with a steel-topping ceremony on Oct. 1, which symbolizes the last metal steel beam placed on the new facility. […]
Already the largest corporate employer in Connecticut with some 17,000 workers and more during the holidays, Amazon would get bigger yet in hiring between 500 and 1,000 people to staff the new fulfillment center if it is built in the Waterbury-Naugatuck Industrial Park. A South Windsor delivery center is adjacent to highway ramps to minimize […]
Two housing developments that will provide affordable housing units have received federal tax credits that represent a “critical component” of their financing. Mark Garilli, the chief executive officer of West Hartford Fellowship Housing, said the $2.1 million in tax credits they’ve received for phase two of their project were essential. Construction of phase one, which […]
On Tuesday, the Town Council voted to approve its long-awaited affordable housing plan — one that was due to the state over two years ago. In all, West Hartford’s recognized affordable housing will increase from 7.6 percent of its housing stock to 9 percent, just shy of the state’s goal of 10 percent. West Hartford […]
Emergency work has begun to shore up Coe Pond Dam, which already was deemed in poor condition in March but became even more at risk for failure after the catastrophic flooding Aug. 18. Work to mitigate pressure on the dam started last week and likely will continue for two more weeks, said officials from the […]
Three years ago, Felix Reyes, director of the city’s Office of Planning and Development, and other community leaders met with a group of sixth graders from the Bennie Dover Jackson Multi-Magnet Middle School to hear what was important to them in a community center. On Monday, several students from the same school signed the last […]
In a second trip to the polls, town voters overwhelmingly approved a proposal for a massive renovation of the Sherman School. In the referendum held Saturday, Oct. 5, residents voted 961-505 to approve a $43 million “renovate to new” construction project on the aging school building. The town will finance the project through bonds of […]
The state Department of Transportation is proposing to redesign the Route 44 intersection at Main, High and Ely streets in Hartford, located one block north of Dunkin’ Park. The project would improve the poorly aligned intersection and replace an antiquated traffic signal, which has reached the end of its service life and lacks the ability […]
Crews rebuilding the Fairfield Avenue bridge spanning Interstate 95 in Norwalk finished pouring its concrete deck Thursday and will install parapet retaining walls in the coming weeks, according to a Connecticut Department of Transportation spokesperson. Before crews could pour the bridge’s concrete deck, “every utility line you could think of,” including water, fiber, gas and […]
Unlike the devastation caused by August’s historic flooding, flood control efforts are not always visible and can be a tough sell to the public, state officials said. To counter those challenges and others, state and municipals officials recently called for information from councils of governments and the public on ways to shore up their infrastructure […]
An indoor ice rink sponsored by the family of the late co-founder of Stamford-based Conair Corp. is one step closer to completion. The demolition of the building makes way for the creation of an indoor ice rink facility at 50 Barry Place, which will sit behind the now-torn down Conair Corp. building. The facility will […]
The $745 million sale of Eversource’s stake in 132-megawatt South Fork Wind and 704-megawatt Revolution Wind to New York-based Global Infrastructure Partners was what Eversource President and CEO Joe Nolan, in a statement, called a milestone in the company’s “commitment as a pure-play regulated pipes and wires utility that delivers superior service and value to […]
Located behind a residential neighborhood in South Norwalk, Manresa Island served as the home of a coal-fired power plant and later an oil-powered plant since the 1950s, until it was permanently shut down in 2013. Before its closure, the power plant sprinkled soot across the surrounding neighborhoods. However, under the latest plan from Norwalk residents […]
City Planner Jeremy Leifert has asked the Connecticut Siting Council to consider safeguards and conditions before it rules on whether to approve a solar farm proposed for a site on Lovers Lane in Torrington. Mayor Elinor Carbone also sent a letter to the CT Siting Council detailing her concerns about the project, saying three solar […]
The “Port Eastside” development partnership acquired a 5.7-acre parking lot at 321 Pitkin St. this week. “We have just cleared the most significant milestone in this project’s early lifespan to date,” said Bruce Simons, principal of Simons Real Estate Group in West Hartford. “Port Eastside” will blend 1,000 housing units — mostly apartments and a […]
The town of Windsor is currently searching for a firm to conduct the analysis of the Day Hill Road corridor. It will include a look at the current land uses in the area, and a supply-and-demand breakdown for other development possibilities ranging from multifamily residential, assisted living, office, hotel and retail projects, along with industrial […]
“About 30,000 people a day are driving by and not seeing the best of Stamford,” said Compton, the president and CEO of the Mill River Park Collaborative. That could soon change, thanks to a recently secured Community Investment Fund state grant that will provide the city with $7.7 million to complete the “Community Commons” project […]
Work on the Paddock Avenue bridge started with a bang Sunday as demolition crews cut and hoe-rammed the bridge’s concrete to take it down for construction of a new bridge. Around the corner on Paddock Avenue, the nighttime bridge work has created havoc for local travelers forced onto one lane during the day, , as […]
With more than $524 million in town projects on the horizon, officials are grappling with how to manage rising costs and potential tax increases. At a series of finance board meetings this week, officials from the town, school board and Water Pollution Control Authority said that rising inflation, a reliance on federal pandemic funds and […]
After a years-long process, a new multi-use trail connecting the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail to a local park is finally set to be completed by 2026. The town is currently planning for the nearly $2 million construction of an approximately half-mile trail to connect the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail to Curtiss Park along Tariffville Road […]
Connecticut Sports Group’s pending application for key local land-use approvals reveals some additional details about its proposed minor league soccer stadium, including how the building, if necessary, can be de-constructed and moved to make way for a major league facility. The organization, which had initially wanted to erect the venue by spring 2025 but is […]
It would be the first of its kind not only in Connecticut, but in the entire Northeast. UConn is working with a company to build a multi-million dollar “smart city” and research lab, which would allow companies and researchers to collaborate on emerging vehicle technologies and concepts. The Connecticut Transportation Institute (CTI), which is part […]
West Hartford-based solar energy developer Verogy is installing arrays on 7 acres of remediated land at the capped 80-foot-high midden. The Midden Panorama Trail, which can be accessed by a short nature trail with a steep climb, affords a nearly 360-degree view of the surroundings, including Cromwell, Meriden, Portland and other towns, as well as […]
After years of discussion and revisions, West Hartford has finalized plans for updating LaSalle Road and Farmington Avenue, two key streets in its town center. The final plan was presented this week to the town council’s Community Planning and Economic Development Committee by Town Manager Rick Ledwith and Travis Ewen, a senior associate and landscape […]
