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CT DOT considering widening a major state highway. Why it’s bringing heated debate.

CT DOT considering widening a major state highway. Why it’s bringing heated debate.

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 8, 2025 | Uncategorized

As part of an effort to alleviate traffic on one of the nation’s most congested stretches of interstate highway, the Connecticut Department of Transportation is weighing a fix that has roused local opposition: adding more highway. In October, the agency delivered a...
CT DOT considering widening a major state highway. Why it’s bringing heated debate.

Groton City Council Puts Another $1.25 Million Toward Shore Avenue Seawall

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 4, 2025 | Uncategorized

GROTON — The newly elected City Council approved another $1.25 million toward finishing construction on the Shore Avenue seawall, a project expected to have cost overruns of close to $10 million. On Monday, the council unanimously voted to approve a purchase order...
CT DOT considering widening a major state highway. Why it’s bringing heated debate.

Old Lyme WPCA Chair Disputes Selectman’s Cost Calculations on Sewer Project

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 4, 2025 | Uncategorized

OLD LYME — A week after Selectman Jim Lampos publicly warned that all taxpayers could face millions in costs if voters approve the sewer project in the beach area, the head of the Water Pollution Control Authority is pushing back on his math. Steve Cinami, chair of...
CT DOT considering widening a major state highway. Why it’s bringing heated debate.

Connecticut transportation fund could run dry by 2030, budget forecasts warn

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 4, 2025 | Uncategorized

HARTFORD — The gas pump icon on the dashboard of the Special Transportation Fund is lit up again, warning it could run out of cash by 2030, but state leaders are not panicking. The latest five-year budget projections prepared for the state legislature indicate...
CT DOT considering widening a major state highway. Why it’s bringing heated debate.

Developer wins court fight to build warehouse on Timex property in Middlebury

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 3, 2025 | Uncategorized

MIDDLEBURY—A lawsuit to stop a warehouse development off Straits Turnpike has been dismissed by a judge. Superior Court Judge John Louis Cordani ruled last week that the Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission followed local land-use regulations in granting approval...
CT DOT considering widening a major state highway. Why it’s bringing heated debate.

Undeveloped section of Connecticut River could see more than 300 apartments

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 3, 2025 | Uncategorized

A remote, largely overlooked section of the riverfront could soon become one of the more densely developed sections of Thompsonville with potentially more than 300 new apartments in two mid-rise buildings. A developer this summer got the town of Enfield’s go-ahead to...
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