West Hartford zoning officials are scheduled to hear from the public at 6 p.m. today about a controversial proposed 26-unit apartment complex planned for New Britain Avenue and Berkshire Road. Developer Joseph Calafiore has twice asked for rezoning of the 1.7-acre parcel at the northeast corner of the two streets to allow for the complex […]
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a 15-term Democrat from New Haven and the dean of the Connecticut delegation, has been selected as the chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee. DeLauro, a close ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, replaces retiring U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey of New York. She won the gavel by a vote of […]
With tolls off the table in 2021, state officials could look to gasoline tax hikes to salvage Connecticut’s imperiled transportation program. And while neither Gov. Ned Lamont nor legislators have proposed an increase, one of the argument most frequently used to defeat it — Connecticut’s gas taxes are among the nation’s highest — no longer […]
The Public Works Common Council Committee is set to vote Tuesday night on a more than $2.9 million bid for the construction of the milelong Norwalk River Valley Trail. The trail will be constructed by Deering Construction, Inc., a Norwalk-based company, for $2,924,135, according to city documents. Deering was the lowest of 12 bidders from […]
In a wide-ranging podcast with Hearst Connecticut Media on Monday, UConn Athletic Director David Benedict said he thought that because of the ramifications of the pandemic, the construction costs of the school’s new hockey facility will be lower. Yet it is with the future use of the XL Center in Hartford and Gampel Pavilion in […]
The state’s Special Transportation Fund spent $1.61 billion in 2019 — the last fiscal year before the coronavirus pandemic struck. After adjusting for inflation, that’s just 21% growth since 2011. The debt service on the hundreds of millions of dollars Connecticut borrows annually for highway, bridge and rail upgrades, and spending on transit programs, together […]
The transformation is nearly complete, with the developers of the 133,000-square-foot complex known as The Village announcing this month that they plan to open the hub next spring. It will become a home base not only for the conglomerate Wheelhouse and reality-TV powerhouse ITV America, but also a number of other businesses. Plans for the […]
A new bridge replacement plan has been put forth, and a public hearing will be held at 1 p.m. Dec. 3 via Zoom to hear reactions from residents. The bridge over Cider Mill Brook is near Binney Park and the Perrot Memorial Library. It was built in 1925 and rehabilitated in 1977. The replacement is […]
Warehouses are sprouting on Connecticut farmland where tobacco once grew, giving the state bragging rights to a retail economy transformed by digital technology, advanced logistics and the coronavirus pandemic. Surging online sales, fueled by a rapidly evolving retail economy where people shop at home and products are delivered from warehouses, are behind this transformation. The […]
Located at 140 Waterford Parkway South and vacant for almost four decades, the property is once again a target for development, this time by Fabcon Precast, a concrete manufacturer based in Minnesota. On Nov. 23 the Planning and Zoning Commission discussed Fabcon’s application for a special permit and site plan approval and could make a […]
With local land-use approval secured for a nearly $20 million pedestrian bridge linking downtown to the future National Coast Guard Museum, talks continue with state officials about the release of funding for the project. The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission earlier this month granted conditional approval to plans for a 400-foot, glass-walled pedestrian bridge spanning […]
State officials are facing almost $4.3 billion in red ink in the next two-year budget, due largely to the coronavirus-induced recession, according to a new report Friday from nonpartisan analysts. Those deficits, while daunting, are significantly less imposing than the massive shortfalls Connecticut faced after the last recession in 2011 — gaps that forced a […]
John Guedes, who operates the city-based Primrose Companies architecture and construction, said he has learned to take a believe-it-when-he-sees-it approach to Bridgeport’s economy: “Don’t worry about the ones (plans) that have been approved, worry about the ones that have been started.” This week, staff from the economic development department briefed members of the City Council […]
Trump himself had pressed earlier in his tenure to advance an infrastructure deal, something that had eluded Washington policy makers for years, yet the effort fell short as he and Democratic leaders including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi parted ways over how to pay for it. Under his $2 trillion Build Back Better proposal for reviving […]
The state’s unemployment insurance trust fund, which typically raises $800 million a year via employer taxes, ran out of money in August, forcing the state to borrow $402 million from the federal government to date, said Michael Lucente, the unemployment claims director of accounts within the state Department of Labor. That loan has helped pay […]
Phase II work is under way on the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Arrigoni Bridge project. The $46 million undertaking in Middletown/Portland is the result of a 2010 safety report, which found deficiencies in the structure’s two main arch spans. “Due to the possibility of conflicting traffic patterns and the need for constant project coordination, […]
Gov. Ned Lamont’s unsuccessful push to toll state highways was an unpopular answer to a persistent problem: Connecticut’s transportation fund is drying up. And with no political appetite to revisit tolls, hopes rest on a federal Band-Aid. The Lamont administration lobbied hard to pass some form of a tolls bill during the last two legislative […]
A new study of natural gas infrastructure in Connecticut says harmful amounts of methane are leaking from aging underground gas pipes. Methane is the main part of natural gas. Like carbon dioxide, it’s a greenhouse gas, trapping heat in the atmosphere and contributing to global warming. And one way methane can leak here in New […]
With last month’s increase, the state has now regained about two-thirds of the 291,000 positions it shed during the COVID-related shutdowns in March and April, a toll equal to more than double the number of jobs lost in the state’s 2008-10 recession. But the monthly gains are shrinking, the data shows. Amid the job gains, […]
The agreement is between North America’s Building and Construction Trades Unions (NABTU) and Ørsted, an international leader in wind technology. The deal sets a model for labor-management cooperation and workforce development in the budding offshore wind industry. Ørsted has a large footprint in the wind industry having been awarded and built offshore wind farms from […]
A cabal of senior Fairfield town officials conspired with the head of a Clinton environmental cleanup company to illegally dispose of hundreds of yards of highly-contaminated soil while assuring town residents and employees forced to work with the material that everything was safe, according to arrest warrant affidavits released Thursday. One day after former Fairfield […]
On Sept. 30, the latest amendment to the Agreement of Sale of land from Byron Brook Country Club, LLC and M&A Holdings, LLC to the Norwich Community Development Corp. (NCDC) was signed, and was made public last Friday. NCDC, along with Norwich Public Utilities, has been working on developing a second business park in Norwich. […]
A new $210 million Ground Transportation Center planned for the airport has been slated for substantial completion in February 2022, with an official opening the following May. Bradley International Airport is located north of Hartford in Windsor Locks. The 1.4 million sq. ft. transportation center will be built on a 13.4-acre site located west of […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has upheld Electric Boat’s request to use an eastern Long Island Sound dredging disposal site, according to a news release from U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District. Citing environmental concerns, the state of New York had taken several legal actions seeking to stop use of the site, referred to […]
A spokeswoman for the proposed Gravel Pit Solar project in East Windsor says developers have a plan to implement innovative soil restoration and preservation measures throughout the facility to improve soil quality. The Connecticut Siting Council on Thursday held an evidentiary and public hearing for the proposed 120-megawatt project on 485 acres across several sites […]
The Stonington Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-1 Tuesday night to approve a special use permit to build a six-room, three-story hotel with a rooftop pool on the site of the former Broadway Auto service station. The estimated $1.5 million to $2 million project will be developed by G Development LLC of Waterford. G Development, […]
The decision came at a joint meeting of the Town Council and the Board of Education Nov. 5. While the town does not yet have a construction plan in place, Town Manager Michael Paulhus said Monday the project is estimated to cost around $66 million. Through state funding, the town hopes to offset those costs […]
The contracting panel unveiled a draft of new report that criticizes the project on issues including unequal treatment of bidders and spending $4 million in state taxpayer money long before a contract was finally signed for work that was already underway. “The way this RFP (”request for proposals” from prospective stadium developers) was conducted, in […]
Over the next few months, the roof for developer Howard Saffan’s open-air concert amphitheater near the harbor will be completed, with the steel frame going up now and what he has touted as the project’s most distinctive feature — a massive, tent-style fabric covering manufactured in France and Mexico — being installed in “the first […]
The Connecticut Siting Council last week approved a controversial plan to install a 75-acre facility with almost 46,000 solar panels between Oil Mill and Stony brooks. While developer GRE Gacrux LLC received its long-sought approval for the property at 117 Oil Mill Road, local environmental group Save the River-Save the Hills was not as pleased. […]
It’s been more than a decade since plans for an ambitious $71-million South Windsor movie studio project were first publicly aired. Instead, a different type of industry has sprouted in town: distribution centers. In fact, since 2017, about 1.5 million square feet of distribution space has been erected in South Windsor by a single developer […]
Work on Oxoboxo Lofts, the planned 72-unit development in town, was suspended this year, but Massachusetts-based developer Dakota Partners is planning to carry on with construction in January 2021. The nagging issue for the developer has been procuring a flood management certification for the development on Pink Row and at the location of the former […]
The construction industry added 84,000 net new jobs in October, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released last week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. During the last six months, the industry added 789,000 jobs, recovering 73% of the jobs lost during earlier stages of the coronavirus pandemic. The construction […]
The new $15 million police headquarters that opened on Monday was approved by Newtown residents two years before demonstrations broke out in American cities this summer over concerns about bias and brutality in law enforcement. The impetus for the new police headquarters was in early 2015 when newly appointed police Chief James Viadero met Dan […]
The Connecticut Port Authority on Thursday launched a website, www.statepiernewlondon.com, aimed at providing information on the planned $157 million transformation of State Pier. The website is managed by AECOM Technical Services Inc., the port authority’s construction administrator for the project. The project is being funded, with state support, by joint venture partners Orsted and Eversource […]
The extent of the renovations will depend when the State Bond Commission releases some or all of the $65 million approved for the $100 million project in the last session of the legislature. CRDA does have about $22 million in its coffers to get started. The focus of project — slimmed down from $250 million […]
According to the report, there were more than 44,000 clean-energy jobs in the state as of 2019, representing a gross state product of $6.5 billion. That job count was up 9.1% from 2015. While the number of jobs in the industry was estimated to surpass 46,000 this year in Connecticut, the COVID-19 pandemic led to […]
The developer of a proposed East Windsor solar farm that could be the largest in the Northeast will appear at a public hearing before the Connecticut Siting Council this week as it seeks approval for the project. Gravel Pit Solar applied to the Siting Council, which has statewide jurisdiction over energy projects 2 megawatts in […]
The Town of Plainville will hire Loureiro Engineering to evaluate both proposals for the White Oak property and plans to present their findings to the town council. There are currently two proposals for re-use of the property. D’Amato Construction Company, which is currently located in Bristol, is looking to relocate to Plainville if the town […]
Several Danbury area towns received grants for infrastructure improvement projects as part of $11 million in funding the state announced on Monday. Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Sherman, Southbury and Washington are among the 94 towns to earn these grants, which are being awarded for the first time since 2016 […]
In terms of infrastructure spending, contractors can look to what Biden outlined during his campaign. The presumptive president-elect said his administration will invest $2 trillion into the economy, creating millions of jobs in infrastructure, housing, building construction and other projects. Another clue as to what the Biden administration could include can also likely be found […]
Requests for quotations for architectural services were sent out Friday, Arum said. Those requests will be returned Nov. 17 before the building committee next meets Nov. 19 to determine their top four architects. Interviews will then be conducted with those four architects, with the top architect being determined Nov. 24. From January 2021 to February […]
Inside, some of Platt Tech’s 850 students are learning the fundamentals of construction and building trades. Since April, construction of a brand new 237,000 square foot, $92 million Platt Tech complex has been ongoing on the 35-acre site. Its athletic fields fields were dug up, foundations poured and steel framing erected. Currently, the steel framing […]
General Dynamics Electric Boat has secured a $9.47 billion U.S. Navy contract for two Columbia-class submarines, part of a program that Electric Boat President Kevin Graney called the Navy’s “top strategic priority.” The funding will support the “construction and test of the lead and second ships of the Columbia class, as well as associated design […]
The town’s approved developer for the former “dark side” of the Manchester Parkade is targeting a spring start for a mixed-use revival of the once blighted site. The planned $140 million commercial project calls for 480 apartments, a 120-room hotel, 98,000 square feet of office space and 63,00 square feet of retail space. Environmental monitoring […]
The Memorial Boulevard Intradistrict Arts Magnet School project is coming in at about $2 million under budget, according to Deputy Superintendent Michael Dietter, chairman of the project’s building committee. The city and the school board are collaborating on the project to transform the nearly century-old school an arts magnet school for grades six through 12. […]
A proposal to spend $35.5 million on school improvements was approved by a 7,179 to 2,589 vote at the polls, according to town clerk James Krupienski. Local taxpayers will be responsible for up to $17.5 million of the cost, with state school building grants covering the remainder of the renovate-to-new project. Brummett said construction won’t […]
Superintendent Susan Lubomski said residents’ approval of the $159.6 million Torrington Middle/High School building project in Tuesday’s referendum could be a turning point for the city’s future. Residents voted 8,761 to 5,703 in favor of the project, according to preliminary results. “Torrington is the hub of the Northwest Corner,” Lubomski said. The project will cost […]
Lamont, an early backer of Joe Biden, said the nation was hungry for clarity about who will occupy the White House in January or the precise makeup of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Lamont celebrated Democratic gains in Connecticut, while confessing disappointment in the uncertain presidential results. Lamont and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewiecz […]
Former Vice President Biden has made the argument for weaning us off fossil fuels, mostly for environmental reasons. Anybody who remotely believes in science or has witnessed the cataclysmic changes in our weather knows we must do something to stop global warming. My argument is that price of the fuel we use (gasoline) doesn’t cover […]
The Coast Guard, Congress, and State of Connecticut are more committed than ever to bring the National Coast Guard Museum to New London. Nearly $60 million has been provided for the project, including $15 million appropriated by the Congress for design and fabrication of the museum exhibits, and up to $20 million provided by the […]
Prospect Street, which runs parallel with Main Street, is getting a face-lift, and the public this week had a chance to hear about the plan during a Zoom forum. Improvements include new sidewalks and bicycle lanes in wider areas of the roadway on the northern end near North Elm Street. The bumpy pavement and sidewalks […]
A $10.7 million affordable housing development in Hartford’s Asylum Hill neighborhood, which drew the ire of local residents two years ago when it first aired, recently began construction after the developer was able to piece together financing for the project. Construction began early this month after Chrysalis raised funding from myriad sources, including the Department […]
A developer is proposing a 26-unit luxury apartment complex at New Britain Avenue and Berkshire Road, the second time such a plan has been put forward. This version includes two apartments set aside for workforce housing, and should be more acceptable to neighbors — and more attractive to the town — than the one that […]
A zone change is largely a mundane task that represents the basic blocking and tackling of most planning and zoning commissions. That’s the case in East Granby, where the planning and zoning commission recently approved changes to the town’s Commerce Park Transitional Zone, opening up 264 acres of vacant land to new mixed-use development opportunities, […]
Passersby on East Liberty Street will have seen construction crews beginning work on a $4 million replacement of the bridge carrying the street over the Mad River. The bridge will close to pedestrians and motorists as work begins in earnest, an event expected to occur in the last week of November or the first week […]
The developer of the Shaw’s Landing condominium complex on Bank Street is proposing to finish a project it started more than a decade ago and add 173 apartment units to the downtown. Cambridge, Mass.-based Oaktree Development first broke ground on Shaw’s Landing in 2004 and had at the time envisioned a three-phase plan for 120 […]
After a lengthy discussion Tuesday night, Windsor’s Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved plans to convert a vacant industrial building on Helmsford Way into an Amazon package distribution center. As an Amazon package distribution center, the building would serve as the last stop before packages are delivered to the consumer, Brad Griggs, an Amazon developer […]
Gov. Ned Lamont recently approved revising the law and instituting a “release-based” hazardous material remediation program common in other states. According to Lamont, the change will promote the revitalization of environmentally contaminated, blighted parcels and put them back into good use, while helping municipal economies and ensuring environmental protection. The Connecticut Property Transfer Act of […]
South Windsor developer TruNORTH Construction received the go-ahead from Glastonbury’s Planning and Zoning Commission to build an office condominium park in town. The $7-million project will create four new office condos at 219 Addison Road that will collectively hold 18 units, TruNORTH President Jeff Sawyer said. Each unit will be 1,350 square feet, and Sawyer […]
A proposed shipping warehouse for an online retailer is a step closer to reality after the City Plan Commission approved a recommendation to the Zoning Commission Wednesday night. The City Plan Commission unanimously passed a positive recommendation for a zoning text amendment that creates “eCommerce Fulfillment and Distribution Centers” as a new type of land […]
The Town Council has approved a proposal that could lead to the renovation of the high school track, baseball fields and tennis court. The council proposes using a mix of funds left over from the high school renovation project and money from a special revenue fund to pay for the project. The council approved a […]
In a written statement Thursday morning, Gov. Ned Lamont said the current structure “has actively hindered” states’ efforts to phase out polluting power plants in favor of renewable sources like wind turbines and solar panels, while increasing costs “to fix market design failures” in his words. Lamont’s energy policy chief Katie Dykes has emerged as […]
Twelve of the 25 most dangerous jobs as measured by the rate of people who die at work are in the construction industry, according to a recent report from business insurance analysis firm AdvisorSmith. The new data come even as overall safety rates for both fatal and nonfatal injuries within construction improved between 1992 and […]
Developers are running out of time to bid on UConn’s former satellite campus in West Hartford, which was recently put up for sale after New York-based fintech Ideanomics pulled out of a planned $400-million development for the site. A listing shows Colliers is seeking buyers for the roughly 58-acre site where Ideanomics once hoped to […]
According to application materials submitted last month to the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission, which on Tuesday approved Dakota’s plan to subdivide 330 New Park Ave., located in the city’s Parkville neighborhood near the West Hartford border, into four lots. Dakota intends to buy the three southernmost lots — which total approximately 5 acres and […]
HBO host John Oliver’s rant against Danbury led City Council to rename the plant in exchange for $55,000 in donations to Connecticut charities. A community fundraiser in honor of the new name could raise at least $100,000 for 10 area food banks. Donors who give at least $500 can receive a tour of the plant. It remains to be seen […]
The long-awaited renovation at Mill Hill Elementary School has finally started after more than $1.2 million of additional money was approved and months of sometimes contentious debates. The construction, which is projected to cost more than $23 million, aims to renovate and expand the school. It is expected to be completed in November 2021. Quinn, […]
A new report from the Midwest Policy Economic Institute and Colorado State University Pueblo says that Wisconsin’s 2017 repeal of its prevailing wage laws has failed to produce the promised cost savings for public transportation projects, and has led to lower construction worker pay, diminished apprenticeship programs and a reduction in bid competition. The report […]
A major project involving the bridge on Lovers Lane will be discussed during a meeting on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. The state Department of Transportation has prepared a preliminary design for a new bridge, which the town is now reviewing. Construction is anticipated to begin in the spring of 2022 based on the […]
As the project to install a new Eversource station near downtown Greenwich nears completion, Prospect Street will be closed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 19 between Railroad Avenue and Route 1 to accommodate work. The first part of the project was successfully completed, but Tracey Alston, Eversource’s community relations specialist, told the board […]
Connecticut regulators are making Eversource resubmit its homework on an application for a new natural gas pipeline to a proposed power plant — one Gov. Ned Lamont has complained is an unnecessary addition to the region’s grid. NTE Energy wants to build a 650-megawatt plant in Killingly that would provide power for the equivalent of […]
The long-planned, $27.1 million Windward Commons development is the latest public-private effort to modernize the Bridgeport Housing Authority’s stock of archaic low-income properties. So Marina Village came down and its 782 tenants were relocated. But, Baldwin said, they received tenant protection vouchers — essentially rent subsidies that traveled with them as they were moved into […]
The Town Council has approved the conceptual plan for the proposed Triton Square apartment complex at the former William Seely School property at 55 Seely School Drive. Since DonMar Development, the preferred developer, unveiled its proposal in February, the North Haven-based company made modifications — including increasing the number of apartment units from 280 to […]
City and state officials Wednesday praised the approval of $1.08 million in Bond Commission funding, which they said will allow the school district help ensure energy savings, protect the environment, lower the achievement gap and upgrade lighting systems to cost-effective LEDs. In all, $30 million is slated for the state’s 33 Alliance Districts. These monies […]
The project will temporarily be titled the Connecticut River Valley Public Market at Windsor Locks Station. After the meeting, Kervick said Zaretsky’s feasibility cost $30,000, paid for by a state grant. Kervick also said a business plan for the project was completed in August, which cost $85,000, paid for with money raised by the Tax […]
The Board of Finance unanimously approved a resolution to accept a Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery at a recent meeting. Town officials reached out to the state — which administers the grant for the federal government — to request more funding after contaminants were found at the plant during construction on the project, said Brian […]
For the first time since July 2017, the number of cranes in North American cities has decreased, according to Rider Levett Bucknall’s newest crane count. Although projects across North America have resumed after being stalled by coronavirus restrictions this spring, RLB’s report said “the pandemic-induced recession is expected to have far-reaching effects.” For example, lenders are […]
The town has received two proposals for the redevelopment of the long-abandoned “White Oak” property and a public presentation has been set for Oct. 15 at Plainville High School for both developers to present their ideas. Town Manager Robert E. Lee announced at Monday’s Town Council meeting that the town had received one proposal from […]
The purpose of the project is to address the “current structural deficiencies at the stations platforms and bring the rest of the station into a state of good repair.” The project is scheduled for winter of 2021. The $34 million project is expected to be paid with state and federal funds. Darien Train Station is […]
Since the town acquired the property through a 2008 municipal tax foreclosure, the empty space is a signal of the end of one era, and the possible dawning of another, as Newington seeks a developer that can leverage the plot’s proximity to the highway, CTfastrak bus system and Central Connecticut State University, said Newington Town […]
The Planning & Zoning Commission has cleared the way for a 260-unit apartment complex on lower Main Street, approving plans for the site by a 3-2 vote. The proposed complex, named The Residences at Main, is for a mix of one- and two-bedroom market rate apartments and will include amenities like a pool, gym and […]
School officials had identified five schools — Toquam Magnet Elementary School, Hart Elementary School, Roxbury Elementary School, Cloonan Middle School and Westhill High School — to be demolished and rebuilt. To do that amount of work in a timely and affordable manner, the city hatched a plan to turn ownership and maintenance of the buildings […]
Construction on the long-awaited, $50 million first phase of redevelopment around Dunkin’ Donuts Park is now underway, with an official groundbreaking expected in two weeks. The first phase of “Downtown North” — located just south of the ballpark at Main and Trumbull streets — is the beginning of a four-part, $200 million redevelopment of city-owned […]
The $49.5 million planned renovation of the city’s middle school reached a major milestone this week with site development plan approval from the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission. Portions of the phased project are expected to go out to bid as early as this month. Plans call for demolition of an older portion of the […]
Renovations for three New Britain schools could happen faster as funding through a school construction bill was passed by the state House this week. The allocation for New Britain will cover nearly the entire cost for work at Pulaski and Slade Middle School that both need new roofs, and Chamberlain Elementary School will get some […]
It was just over a year ago that Bradley International Airport officials began construction on a $210-million ground transportation center that will eventually house all rental car companies at the airport — eliminating the need for shuttle service to off-site locations. As a result of COVID-19, Bradley Airport’s passenger traffic is down about 60% from […]
Approval of the proposed $159.6 million Torrington Middle/High School building project would help rejuvenate the city, making it a place where people would want to move, Killackey said. The project would bring seventh- and eighth-graders from Torrington Middle School to the new school. The Board of Education also would move its central offices from 355 […]
A Trumbull-based developer is preparing to build a 90,000-square-foot “e-commerce” distribution center in the city’s East End, promising a big influx of jobs and new tax revenue. Phil DiGennaro said he has an agreement to buy a property at 3800 East Main St. – just east of Costco near the Cheshire line. He plans to […]
Approval of the city’s $55 million referendum question will set the course for myriad riverfront redevelopment projects over the next decade, aimed at creating more parking, new public spaces, and additional housing options near the Connecticut River. Key elements include the purchase of key riverfront properties, redevelopment of municipal-owned buildings and other infrastructure, as well […]
The effort to revive tolls on Connecticut roads to fund overdue infrastructure improvements was put on hold just a few weeks before COVID-19 steered attention elsewhere. What has not gone away is the need. It was there long before 2015, when Gov. Dannel Malloy pitched a 30-year transportation vision with a $100 billion price tag. […]
The development consists of The Shoppes at Turnpike Ridge and The Apartments at Turnpike Ridge. The Shoppes at Turnpike Ridge, located at 224 and 240 Berlin Turnpike, consists of approximately 35,000 square feet of retail space. The apartments at Turnpike Ridge, located at 104 Episcopal Road, will consist of 72 modern luxury apartments. Apartments will […]
The most important of those initiatives are outlined every four years in the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The CTDOT recently took public comments on the draft version of the latest STIP, to cover the years 2021 to 2024. The 223 projects listed in the new STIP would cumulatively be funded with approximately $3.9 billion, […]
Gov. Ned Lamont released a plan Thursday for closing a $2 billion budget gap that relies mainly on using $1.8 billion of the state’s $3 billion budget reserves. The administration’s plan proposes $25.3 million in cuts to discretionary spending across all three branches of government, including $17.5 million from executive branch agencies. It also recommends […]
The state House approved early Thursday morning a bill that gives Brookfield $16.7 million for its new elementary school and New Fairfield $23.8 million for its new high school, in addition to $11.2 million to expand its elementary school. The legislation includes language that would allow Danbury to receive funds for a proposed career academy […]
Voters initially approved a $5 million plan for the facility in February 2019 but more than a year later, the committee overseeing the project determined an addition $2.2 million was needed. On Thursday, residents voted to approve the use of $1.2 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds on the project, and to allow the […]
Within a few days, state construction crews will be working on a busy downtown intersection as part of the final stages of road work being conducted downtown and in the North End area. State Department of Transportation officials, who offered updates Tuesday afternoon at a Zoom meeting presented by the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce’s […]
The Navy this week awarded a New Jersey-based marine construction company a $67.325 million contract to build a new pier at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton. Weeks Marine Inc. won the contract for the project, which will include demolition of an existing, aging pier to make way for the new pier, where future Virginia-class […]
Yet, while several of the members struggled with the vote, in the end the Friends of the Kensington Park lost when the Community Development Committee voted to sell it to The Community Builders for a $1 so it could use the site to build 15 units of affordable housing. It now goes to the full […]
The downside for drivers, at least in the short term, is that on Sept. 25, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) closed the ramp at Exit 33 that leads cars and trucks from Route 8 northbound to I-84 westbound for the next year. Chicago-based Walsh Construction Co. is performing the rehab of the Mixmaster interchange […]
Developer Matt Armstrong said demolition, now in the beginnings, should be completed by the end of next year and construction should start the following year. The outdoor waterfront retail and dining center – seen by many as a potential savior for the financially ailing city – has been in the works for more than five […]
Bruce Redman Becker’s Hotel Marcel, a reuse of the city’s iconic Pirelli building, plans to be open next fall despite the hit the hospitality business has taken since the response to coronavirus pandemic crushed the economy. Becker said Wednesday that the historical aspect of the building, its unique design, its sustainability features as the first […]
The development team behind the affordable housing community, Overlook Village Associates, will spend nearly $16.8 million on the six-acre parcel, which will consist of 24 affordable units and six market-rate apartments when it’s completed in 2022. The city of Hartford is offering the developer tax relief on the affordable units. Mayor Luke Bronin is asking […]
DRVN has a Dec. 31 deadline to remove or forfeit the salt and equipment to the Connecticut Port Authority. But, unlike in past years, the company was not the low bidder for the region in a bidding process conducted by the Capitol Region Purchasing Council, which is run by the Capitol Region Council of Governments. […]
Groton, New London and Norwich are slated to each receive grants of $477,647 to improve their schools, state legislators announced Tuesday. The state Bond Commission authorized on Tuesday $30 million in funding for the state’s 33 Alliance Districts to use towards eligible projects, such as improvements to heating and ventilation systems, communications and technology systems, lighting, […]
Verogy LLC wants to cover the property with solar energy panels, promising a 4.7-megawatt system that would produce enough electricity to power more than 1,100 homes. But owners of the nearby Karabin Farms warn that the loss of high-quality hay they grow there would be a massive business setback for one of the only fast-growing […]
There’ll be many happy sports players come winter, when construction on two large turf fields in Milford will be completed. One of the fields is at Jonathan Law High School, on Lansdale Ave., and the other is by Foran High School, on Foran Road. Construction on both projects broke ground over the summer. Together, they […]
The National Coast Guard Museum Association has submitted an application to the city for construction of a 400-foot glass-walled pedestrian bridge to span Water Street and connect the downtown with the waterfront and future Coast Guard museum. The state has authorized and approved up to $20 million for design and construction of the bridge, which […]
The referendum question asks whether to approve $33.5 million in bonding for a renovate-to-new building project at the elementary school. Local taxpayers would be responsible for up to $17.5 million of the cost of the project. School building grants from the state would cover the remaining cost. The town council voted unanimously to have the […]
To keep up with the wear and tear, the state Department of Transportation is constantly working on maintenance and improvement projects. The most important of those initiatives are outlined every four years in the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. The DOT is receiving public comments on the draft version of the latest STIP, to cover the […]
