Major Connecticut River bridge to get $30 million work. Your commute may be affected

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 1, 2024 | Uncategorized

The state is preparing for a $30 million refurbishment of the Bissell Bridge, a key traffic link between I-84 and I-91 north of Hartford. Precise construction plans won’t be known until engineers do final designs in 2025, but the state department of transportation is...

Old Lyme Quarry Owner Ordered to Cease Unpermitted Work Along Three Mile River

by Kimberly Glassman | Feb 29, 2024 | Uncategorized

After a discussion of unpermitted work at a quarry that lacked proper erosion protection along Three Mile River, the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission ordered the property owner to cease all work and to appear at a show cause hearing on March 7. Ron Swaney,...

New Haven begins reconnecting Wooster Square, Downtown, the Hill with $6.7 million State Street redesign

by Kimberly Glassman | Feb 29, 2024 | Uncategorized

Work has begun on a $6.7 million State Street redesign project to transform a nine-block stretch of lower State Street and “knit back together” areas of the city that were chopped up by urban renewal, city and state officials said Tuesday. The...

Proposed Trumbull veterans center gets traffic OK, bids should go out soon

by Kimberly Glassman | Feb 29, 2024 | Uncategorized

Now that a traffic study has been approved by the town’s police commission, plans for the long-awaited Veterans and First Responders Center will go out to bid — and construction could break ground by April, officials say. “They are two separate bid packages but...

Middletown negotiating purchase of deKoven Drive parcel for housing, retail project

by Kimberly Glassman | Feb 29, 2024 | Uncategorized

Negotiations are moving ahead to purchase a property on deKoven Drive to make way for the proposed Village at Riverside downtown mixed-use development, which will include ample parking for residents and visitors. Among the components are affordable luxury units,...