Connecticut’s highway system was recently ranked fifth in the United States in terms of its cost-effectiveness and condition, rising 26 spots from last year’s rankings, according to the 27th Annual Highway Report released by the Reason Foundation. While Connecticut’s improvement is due partly to a change in the methodology, it also rose in the rankings […]
The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority’s Mortgage Committee unanimously endorsed $36.5 million in loans to affordable housing projects in Newington, West Hartford and New Haven Tuesday. The loan proposals include $3.17 million for the second phase of Massachusetts-based Dakota Partners’ “Cedar Pointe” development of a 7.7-acre former car dealership property at 550 Cedar St. in Newington. […]
Avangrid confirmed Wednesday it plans to restart construction of its planned New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line in Maine to tap hydropower in Canada after a jury verdict that the Orange-based company could proceed despite a 2021 voter referendum to block the project. It is a major win for renewable energy advocates in New […]
The town is asking residents to vote on spending $16 million to save the original 1928 Farmington High School building. The cost of that project would be offset by $7 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds from the federal government, making the total price tag for the town $9 million. If approved, the […]
Infrastructure was the buzzword on Wednesday as officials pushed ceremonial shovels into the ground to kick off the I-95 Exit 74 reconstruction project that will realign interchanges, widen lanes and replace the bridge at Route 161. The $150 million project is expected to be completed in Spring 2027. Garrett Eucalitto, state commissioner of transportation, said […]
A group of local and state officials, from First Selectman Kevin Seery to Gov. Ned Lamont, stood in front of an excavator at the former site of the Starlight Inn Wednesday morning. Construction workers watched in their yellow vests and hard hats from the staging area that will become a northbound on-ramp and commuter parking […]
Eversource Energy has started work on a $12 million upgrade of its distribution network in northern Waterbury, company officials said this week. The project, which will be rolled out in phases through 2025, got underway earlier this year, according to Mitch Gross, an Eversource spokesman. The first phase of the project will be completed by […]
A mix of two- and three-bedroom condominiums are about to be built in New Britain near the southwestern edge of Batterson Park. The wooded field behind Frisbie’s Dairy Barn along Farmington Avenue will be cleared this summer, and new housing will be built starting later in the year and continuing through late 2024, according to […]
City officials gathered Saturday morning to mark the 36th anniversary of the L’Ambiance Plaza collapse. L’Ambiance, a 16-story apartment building, was being built using lift-slab construction, in which the concrete slabs are poured on the ground, then lifted into place using jacks. On April 23, 1987, a slab slipped and the structure collapsed, killing 27 […]
A plan to add a synthetic field at Stamford High School has received some push back because of environmental and safety concerns. The funding to install the multi-purpose field at the baseball field is not an issue. The State Bond Commission agreed to pay $3 million for the work. A letter from the Children’s Environment […]
A company that specializes in the design, manufacturing and construction of mid-sized and high-rise buildings in cities is relocating its U.S. headquarters from Brooklyn, N.Y. to Connecticut, state officials announced Monday. FullStack Modular will relocate its headquarters from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to 30 Edmund St. in Hamden, Gov. Ned Lamont and company officials said […]
Maryland-based Blueprint Robotics wants to put up a high-tech factory in Windsor to produce building materials to serve the New England market. The company is proposing a 462,000-square-foot factory along with a 90,000-square-foot warehouse. If the Planning and Zoning Commission grants its approval, Blueprint would build on about 48 acres of former Culbro shade tobacco […]
Property owner Noble Energy Real Estate Holdings LLC plans to build on a 9-acre vacant site at 751 Russell Road just off the Berlin Turnpike. The site plan was first pitched in September and approved in late October 2022. One last step before the project can break ground is for the Planning and Zoning Commission […]
The vacant property fronting the Bedford Street parking garage has become a rare pocket of inactivity in Downtown Stamford as developers fill in the remaining gaps like puzzle pieces. Stamford-based F.D. Rich Company is seeking Zoning Board approval to build a 198-unit luxury apartment complex on the parcel, which includes an adjacent lot across Gay […]
Concrete has been poured and hard-hatted construction workers are busy on site, but the final downtown stretch of New Haven’s Farmington Canal Heritage Trail won’t be done until the fall — thanks to a mandatory break to accommodate summer camps in an adjacent park. That’s the latest with the ongoing construction of Phase IV of the canal […]
Danbury needs to borrow $115 million to pay for upgrades to its drinking water treatment plants and its distribution system, and to comply with current clean water standards — including one new rule passed by the government in 2021 because of the health emergency in Flint. “Overall this administration is working with (the) water department […]
A few months ago, the middle-high school project on Besse Drive was filled with piles of steel beams, trucks and ditches. However, the $179 million building project, which will have a new high school, middle school and central offices for the Torrington School District, is now taking shape. A recent tour with members of the […]
Kiewit Infrastructure Co., the construction manager for State Pier, is leasing the 15-acre former Thames River Apartments parcel from the city as a storage site for building materials. Deliveries of wind turbine components are due to start this month. Waste management removal improvements, tug repair, refurbishment of the public boat launch under the Gold Star […]
An audit of Connecticut’s hazardous materials cleanup program disclosed that more than a year’s worth of documentation was unavailable to auditors. The audit was part of Gov. Ned Lamont’s response to news that a federal grand jury was probing the state’s hazmat contracts, Connecticut’s school construction program and several other state projects that were overseen […]
With development continuing to boom in New Haven, 166 new market-rate housing units will be coming just a block off the Green, with CA Ventures LLC’s two new mixed-use residential buildings at 808 and 848 Chapel St. The buildings, which the developers have dubbed “The Archive,” are on the long-vacant former site of the Kresge […]
The project, known as The Legacy on Main has already been through the land use wringer once, gaining permission last week from the city’s wetlands commission. Blueprints call for the conversion of the existing five-story office building into studio and one-bedroom units, and the construction of a 70-foot apartment building in the parking lot with […]
The legislative Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved $2.1 million for the school as part of the state budget proposal that will be reviewed by legislators and the governor. This would be Norwalk’s second charter school. “The city of Norwalk is going to be undergoing a comprehensive school construction process for all of our public schools,” […]
A Minnesota-based company is working with a Connecticut developer to create a sprawling biotech and life sciences park in Branford on a 120-acre site off the Exit 56 interchange, town and company officials announced Thursday. Plans for the project were jointly announced by town officials and developers Minnesota-based Ryan Companies and Henrich Partners LLC of […]
Work started recently to transform the former 3M office building at 100 Barnes Road into the town’s new police station. The town paid $1.8 million for the almost 10-acre property in July 2021. As an office building, it included a gym, a conference facility and a cafeteria. The total bonded for the purchase was $3.3 […]
Yonkers Contracting Company Inc. started work on the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s (CTDOT) $77.2 million, design-build Stamford Station Parking Garage project in September 2021 to provide additional parking via a new facility and to improve services at the train station. The project is expected to be delivered this August. Development of the design-build project, via […]
A planned $14-million redevelopment spearheaded by Hartford-based Lexington Partners will transform the building into a 20-room boutique hotel. Under the plan, the main second-floor courtroom will be converted into an upscale restaurant, accentuated by a rooftop lounge overlooking a portion of the town center and wooded hills beyond. With all needed approvals in hand, Lexington […]
The property has been owned since 2018 under a limited liability company controlled by Senior Living Development, whose principal Mark De Pecol is CEO of KindCare Assisted Living based in Fairfield. Senior Living Development acquired the property for just under $3.3 million, with the city’s most recent appraisal calculating a value of $3.9 million. Trumbull’s […]
Danbury brothers Scott and David Benincasa’s site plan application to construct a four-story, $2.3 million apartment building on the property at 25 Church St. was approved at the Zoning Commission’s April 11 meeting. The proposed apartment building will have 18 units — six of which will be designated as affordable housing units, according to the […]
City officials are prepared to initiate work on the long-awaited project to raise Beach Street 11 feet above sea level — a project expected to make way for more development along that stretch of the city’s beach — following the approval of a $4.8 million construction contract by a state oversight board. The raising of […]
Connecticut Port Authority Executive Director Ulysses Hammond, at a board meeting on Tuesday, signaled that the answers should come within “the next few weeks,” as negotiations with the key involved players near an end. He said he expects to call a special meeting of the port authority’s board later this month regarding the price tag […]
The town on Dec. 24, 2020, closed the section of Burton Road from Wolfe Avenue to North Main Street to traffic due to structural issues and fears the road could fail. The closed section of the road, which has a sidewalk on one side and a stone wall on the other, travels over a brook […]
Neighbors of a 165-acre industrial site on the Thames River being developed by a Massachusetts dredging and marine services company say they don’t want to stop the project, but want the company to compromise by leaving more of a buffer for their neighborhood. Quincy-based Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting applied to the Ledyard Planning and […]
While the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission approved the proposed library design last week, planners had harsh words for the building’s look. Several said it looked like a factory and found it out of character with other buildings on that stretch of Main Street. DRA Architects of South Windsor worked on the design. The company, […]
The approval by the city’s wetlands commission last week of the 208-apartment project for south Main Street sets up a public hearing on Wednesday before the city’s Planning Commission. Known as The Legacy on Main, the developer plans to retrofit the five-story office building at 30 Main St. into 48 apartments and to build a […]
In the Naugatuck Valley, local lawmakers are fighting to add new trains and service to three additional stations along the Waterbury Branch line on top of the service upgrades that Lamont announced last year. And in the Northwest corner of the state, Republicans want to extend the Danbury Branch line to include service to New […]
The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 478 asked the city for permission to use the 36-acre former power plant site for training programs in the operations and repair of heavy construction equipment and driver training. It currently operates a 13,000-square-foot facility on Cheshire Road in Meriden that will remain open. The Apprenticeship Training and […]
Town officials are preparing to ask residents permission to bond up to $4 million to fund two major upgrades to an aging wastewater treatment plant. The bonding package, if approved at a May 9 referendum, would pay for the replacement of a main generator and two secondary clarifier tanks at the Water Pollution Control Authority’s […]
Lamont toured the multiple housing development sites, totaling about 416 units, across the city to see for himself the housing boom taking place here. “More housing is being developed than ever before,” Lamont said. “People want to move to New London.” The tour started at the Garfield Mill Complex at 90 Garfield Ave. which will […]
For perhaps the most eye-grabbing demolition project underway in Connecticut, no one has a better seat to the show than Linda Vinci, whose Braach’s Flowers is across the street from the old IMAX Theater at the Maritime Aquarium. Work crews are dismantling the structure to make way for construction of a new train bridge spanning […]
Hetzler and Building Committee Co-Chairman Edward Arum said the project is running on schedule and within budget, and construction crews from O&G Industries and architects from Slam Collaborative are working well together. “The building project is on schedule,” she said. “The building is going up so fast. The weather has been perfect for the project.” […]
The overall number of construction cranes at work in major North American cities grew 7% in the first three months of 2023 compared to the third quarter of 2022, although cranes on commercial projects were down 20% for that same period, according to the most recent crane index from Rider Levett Bucknall. Despite labor concerns […]
Boosting the speed of train travel along the Northeast corridor is a top priority, according to Sen. Chris Murphy, that will require new track and “dislocation” for communities along the rail corridor. Murphy made the comments at a luncheon sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut on Wednesday. Murphy said that of the […]
Aquarion Water Company expects to start repair work on the water line under Greenwich Avenue soon with the work likely causing intermittent road closures in coming months. Aquarion, through its partner Snyder Civil Engineering, expects to start work this spring and take a full year to complete. The companies have not specified when work will […]
The development had been the focus of more than two years of heated public hearings, an initial Planning and Zoning Commission denial and a court appeal before a deal was finalized in 2020 to allow 16 single-family homes behind the Huntington Congregational Church adjacent to Ripton Road. Huntington Village, LLC, which has no affiliation to […]
Owner and applicant Gary Merrigan of Windsor Locks-based M&L Development Corp. has gained approval to build 24 residential units at 64 South Elm St., for seniors age 55 and older called The Settlement at 64. The 3.1-acre development site is primarily vacant land except for one single-family residence. “It’s a great location,” Merrigan said, “you […]
NPU will receive the maximum award of $10 million to replace an estimated 4.7 miles of cast iron, wrought iron or bare steel pipes beneath city streets. Work will begin as soon as the grant money is released to NPU. Courtney praised NPU for recognizing that the $350 billion federal infrastructure law covered more than […]
Construction has begun on a $50 million state project to reconfigure a stop sign on the Route 17 on-ramp that leads to Route 9 northbound in Middletown to remedy a section of highway deemed one of the most dangerous in Connecticut. Aimed at reducing crashes and improving traffic movement, the Department of Transportation plan includes […]
The Town Council on Monday voted 5-1 to not enter into a 10-year agreement with the project’s land owner Ox Owner, LLC, a subsidiary of the Massachusetts-based developer Dakota Partners. Dakota Senior Development Director Eric Kuczarski said the failure to reach an agreement will not kill the project and said construction at the 42 Pink […]
After environmental testing, the Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to recommend moving forward with a project to add the town’s third turf field at Allen’s Meadow. As a result of the vote, the project will be submitted as a referendum for bonding at the annual Town Meeting on May 2. The Board of Selectmen’s vote […]
Anthony Properties will start building on the site of the former National Welding plant in Newington later this year, and possibly as early as this spring. State officials have been eager to see construction there for the past decade, and located a CTfastrak station alongside it in 2015 partly as a way to spur transit-oriented […]
Challenges facing the economically diverse, historically blue-collar town of East Hartford were not far from view Tuesday morning as Walsh toured two state representatives and a small clutch of journalists through several sites targeted for ambitious redevelopment projects. The tour began at the Silver Lane Plaza, a 22-acre site where two of three deteriorating retail […]
Mark Barnhart, the community and economic development director, said the town has an opportunity to apply for grants from the state to help remediate and redevelop the property at 81 Black Rock Turnpike, noting it is next to Fairfield Metro Station. The fund has $25 million available, with towns allowed to apply for up to […]
As one of the nation’s oldest cities — founded in 1638 — New Haven has changed many times and in many ways over the years. Among the areas of the city that have changed significantly over the past few decades are Downtown New Haven, the area around Wooster Square, the Dixwell Avenue commercial district and […]
When completed next year, the boat is expected to be the first U.S.-built vessel to service offshore wind farms. Over the past six months, inflation and political pushback have become significant challengers for offshore wind, a sector that the Biden administration sees as a crucial source of power in the push to purge fossil fuels […]
The Elicker administration has submitted a plan to sell Fair Haven’s long-vacant former Strong School property to a developer for $500,000 — with a 20-year tax break — to create 50 affordable apartments. Roughly five months after Pennrose, a national affordable housing developer, competed for and won the opportunity to redevelop the historic Fair Haven ex-school building, the city […]
The decision to build a new combined middle school/high school on the existing high school site meant relatively minor inconvenience during the indoor winter season, with pylons rising out of the ground last fall where the school’s parking lot and tennis courts used to be. Pylons rose in the front of the existing building; old […]
Construction on the new $22 million, 52,000-square-foot Big Y World Class Market in the south end of Middletown \officially kicked off this week with a ceremonial groundbreaking. The 7.31-acre site has been cleared and soon will be graded to fill the large depression on the land at 850 S. Main St., the location of the […]
The Stamford Board of Representatives took an unusual action Monday, voting to reject a nearly $1 million state grant for environmental remediation on the South End’s old contaminated Blickensderfer typewriter site. The coalition cited a mix of concerns, including spending, corporate subsidies and animosity toward the city’s largest developer, Building and Land Technology. Though the […]
New London has secured $2 million in federal funding for its future community center, officials announced on a sunny day at the Fort Trumbull site Tuesday. Mayor Michael Passero said the $2 million addresses a funding gap for the project. While the City Council approved $30 million in bonding for the project, which Passero initially […]
Brian Carey, 45, the town’s former interim public works director and town conservation director, turned down a plea bargain of eight years, suspended after he served four years in prison and followed by probation. The judge then continued the case to April 10 when jury selection is scheduled to begin for the trial of both […]
Construction is set to continue soon on the expansion of the Trout Brook Trail. Ahead of the construction, which is set to begin around April 10 according to a presentation from the town, local officials will hold a meeting on April 4 at the intersection of Trout Brook Drive and Fern Street for neighbors and […]
In industries like construction, where safety risks are present daily, taking steps to provide resources and support for individuals to take their mental health seriously is critical. According to a 2021 report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 94% of workers in the construction and extraction professions have outdoor exposure, and 62.2% of workers in […]
Capital Community College (CCC) is considering a new downtown Hartford campus, school officials confirmed to the Hartford Business Journal, as its existing space in the former G. Fox department store building at 960 Main St. becomes increasingly outdated and in need of significant repairs. Terrence Cheng, president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) […]
As part of the Walk Bridge replacement, the Planning & Zoning Commission voted to move forward with the sale of a piece of city-owned land to the Connecticut Department of Transportation that will be used for the $772 million project. The project — which has been in the planning stages since 2017 — is scheduled […]
NorthPoint hasn’t publicly identified any prospective tenant or tenants for the facility, which would be built along West Dudley Town Road. But the Kansas City-based development company has a history of successfully leasing large distribution centers around the country, and currently controls nearly 150 million square feet of warehouse space in 15 states. NorthPoint is […]
The office tower was a symbol of Stamford taking flight – from its manufacturing past and downtown blight toward urban renewal. The developers will keep the iconic tower, but they want to knock down a six-story Landmark Square building, known as No. 3, and replace it with a luxury apartment high-rise. If the project is […]
As Electric Boat ramps up hiring, Groton is looking at its plans to handle traffic and parking and is making sure its schools are ready. The town known as the Submarine Capital of the World is also attracting interest from developers. Currently, about 8,900 people work at the Groton plant and Electric Boat is looking […]
About 75 municipal roads were paved across Stamford last year, up from about 35 the year before as the city looked to meet Simmons’ goal of doubling paving through an effort called “Pave Stamford,” said Matthew Quinones, the city’s director of operations. Quinones said the city is looking to pave another 70 or so roads […]
After three hours of debate Wednesday night, the Region 4 Board of Education voted 7-1 to approve borrowing nearly $10 million to revamp athletic fields at the middle school and high school. The $9.6 million bond would cover a complete renovation of Valley Regional High School’s practice field and upper field, the partial renovation of […]
Numerous East Haven officials, first responders and residents denounced a recent FAA study at a hearing on Saturday that projected minimal harm from the proposed Tweed New Haven Airport expansion. The environmental assessment was co-signed by New Haven city staff who embraced the economic benefits of the plan. Residents cheered as Carfora called for an […]
The Water and Sewer Commission this week helped a 454-unit proposed senior housing development clear its first major hurdle. Members on Tuesday voted 6-1 to allocate a majority of the sewer capacity Pelletier-Niantic LLC estimates it needs for 160 condominiums, 144 apartments, and a 150-bed assisted living section, as well as urgent care and radiology […]
At an eventful New London Landmarks annual meeting Tuesday, it was announced that Tox Brewing Co. is moving to Bank Street and the Garfield Mills project has begun remediation of its building. The meeting was held at one of the three adjacent historic buildings owned by developers High Tide Capital at 137, 133 and 123 […]
The Planning & Zoning Commission approved the demolition and new construction of Washington School, the next step forward in bringing the 114-year-old school into the future. In a presentation by representatives from architectural firm Antinozzi Associates and engineering firm Stentec, commissioners reviewed plans for the two-story, 49,000-square-foot building that will accommodate roughly 438 students between […]
The Biden administration wants to build 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030 — enough to power more than 10 million homes. The turbines would be anchored to the seafloor. It wants to deploy another 15 gigawatts of floating wind turbines by 2035, enough to power 5 million homes. The first commercial scale offshore […]
Connecticut has initiated the second tranche of its statewide commercial energy storage program, aimed at incentivizing 100 MW of battery deployments while continuing to support its residential program. The program is managed by Energy Storage Solutions and administered by the Connecticut Green Bank. The state aims to deploy 1 GW of energy storage by 2030, […]
Accurate, the development company which bought the Ash Creek Boulevard property last year, presented its plans to the Town Plan and Zoning Commission in a meeting Tuesday night. The project has been stymied for nearly two decades, and Accurate has stated it will finally build the mixed-use residential and commercial development. In order to do […]
Norwich Public Utilities presented a $107.8 million proposed 2023-24 budget Tuesday that is being impacted by the cost of energy and major capital projects, and supply chain problems. NPU administrators presented the budget to the Board of Public Utilities Commissioners. The board will vote on the budget in April or May. The $107.8 million budget, […]
The Board of Education made its pitch for closing both Mark T. Sheehan and Lyman Hall high schools in favor of a new, state-of-the-art high school on the Lyman Hall campus during a marathon Town Council meeting that lasted more than five hours. But many parents and students don’t agree that decision. After about an […]
A judge refused to reconsider denying a pretrial probation program for former Fairfield officials charged in the illegal dumping case. More than 40 truckloads of debris and dirt were removed from the Stratfield Road pond during a three-week period in 2018. The newly obtained report, done by the Yale School of Medicine in July 2020, […]
After more than eight years of groundwork, plans for a major residential development along the Rippowam River in downtown Stamford received approval Monday night from the city’s Zoning Board. The development will create 471 new apartments in two seven-story residential buildings — one on each side of Clinton Avenue, between Division Street and Richmond Hill […]
Hamilton Park’s pool, bathhouse, “Bubble” building, and athletic center are scheduled to be demolished next month, signifying the beginning of phase 1 of a massive renovation project at the 92-acre park that has been three years in the making. At the Board of Aldermen meeting on April 10, the board is scheduled to decide whether […]
KARM Properties is interested in a tax abatement for development at 95 John Weichsel Crossing, a small road off Queen Street near the Hartford HealthCare HealthCenter and just south of the I-84 ramps. The property is in an enterprise zone, which allows the possibility of a tax abatement that’s partially funded by the state. Mark […]
An expansion of Connecticut Children’s in Hartford that would roughly double the size of the hospital could come with an equally imposing $47 million parking garage on the opposite side of Washington Street, rising as high as 8 stories with 900 parking spaces. The proposed parking garage, at the southwest corner of Washington and Lincoln […]
Massachusetts-based Campanelli Construction is proposing a 1.1 million-square-foot, 55-foot-tall warehouse on the site at the intersection of Interstate 84 and Route 89 in the northern section of town, a parcel that includes the Ashford Motel. The structure would be about the same size as the Buckland Hills Mall in Manchester. Any construction is a long […]
After many months of presentations, public hearings and deliberations, the Zoning Commission narrowly denied the Halls Road Overlay District application that would have allowed the construction of mixed use buildings in the town’s main commercial district. At Monday’s special meeting, the application received three votes of approval and two against, which normally would have counted […]
The developer who wants to build a self-storage facility at the site of a long-shuttered Stop & Shop on Madison Ave. said he requested this week’s zoning hearing be delayed another month to incorporate “some changes” into his plan. But those who have been urging Hugh Scott to completely scrap his proposal and replace it […]
The person hired to replace Konstantinos Diamantis to steer the state’s school construction grant program has resigned after barely four months on the job. Douglas Rogers resigned from his job as director of the Office of School Construction Grants & Review on March 13 in an email to the state Department of Administrative Services human […]
The landmark State Capitol building, completed in 1878 as a memorial to the Civil War, is crumbling and needs more than $54 million in repairs, cleaning and renovations, according to estimates that could increase by 4 percent or more annually as building officials await funding from the General Assembly. While there was an extensive, 10-year […]
City officials approved plans for a mixed-use, 77-unit project in the East Norwalk Village on Wednesday, calling opposition to the project by more than 700 neighbors misplaced frustration with recent zoning changes to encourage development in the “stagnant” area. A petition signed by 731 residents called on the developers, Spinnaker Real Estate Partners and M.F. […]
The proposed project to build a sports complex at the now-vacant MassMutual office park on Bright Meadow Road originally called for developer Andrew Borgia of Fast Track Realty and Anthony Ardolino of All Sports Village to lease a portion of the nearby 32.6-acre town-owned Brainerd Park for artificial-turf playing fields as part of their financing […]
Over the past 15 years, as Stamford grew to become Connecticut’s second-most populous city, no area experienced more of a transformation than the South part — also known as Harbor Point courtesy of the large mixed-use development that bears the name. The 350-acre peninsula’s two census tracts saw a combined 140 percent increase in population […]
The Torrington native is the newly appointed state Department of Transportation commissioner, getting acclimated to his new role since his appointment in January. He previously served for three years as deputy secretary of the state agency responsible for the state’s roads, bridges and rails. Eucalitto started working as a deputy commissioner a couple of months […]
A massive $385 million project to revamp Norwich’s school buildings moves a step closer. The Norwich City Council approved resolutions giving the Norwich Board of Education permission to apply to the state Department of Administrative Services for funding for three of the four elementary school projects – Greeneville, Stanton and Moriarty elementary schools. School Building […]
A developer’s offer to expand and improve a key intersection helped convince town officials to approve a $100 million project off West Street. Town leaders gave the Texas-based developer approval earlier this week for the plan which includes 255 apartments along with turning lanes and a motion-sensing camera for the West Street and Curtiss Street […]
The town has won $5.4 million in state aid to demolish and abate the abandoned middle school on Newhall Street, a site Mayor Lauren Garrett hopes ultimately will become Hamden’s “community campus.” Garrett has proposed spending $15.4 million, the bulk of the town’s remaining $18 million in ARPA money, on the community campus. The entire […]
The Federal Aviation Administration has extended the public comment period on the draft Environmental Assessment of Tweed New Haven Regional Airport’s proposed expansion project by 15 days to May 1 after being approached by representatives of both the airport and expansion opponents. The Tweed New Haven Airport Authority will hold a public information workshop and […]
American Bridge Company (AB) is rehabilitating the East Haddam Swing Bridge, which carries Route 82 over the Connecticut River and links the towns of Haddam and East Haddam, for the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT). The total project cost is $78.4 million, with the AB contract valued at $55.2 million. Planning for the project goes […]
Two historic buildings near downtown Hartford‘s Bushnell Park — occupied for decades by state offices, including the Secretary of the State — could be converted into 108 apartments in a $45 million project that would give a significant boost to the Bushnell South redevelopment unfolding in the area. The state Department of Administrative Services confirmed […]
Texas-based developer, Anthony Properties, is proposing 255 apartments, 17,000 square feet of retail space and a clubhouse on 41 acres along West Street. It would be accessed via Curtiss Street. Town leaders estimated the project will cost about $100 million. A traffic study presented by the developers said the project would add about 225 cars […]
The state Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting tonight regarding the planned removal of the Exit 21 off-ramp on Interstate 84 eastbound. The meeting is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. at Maloney Magnet School, 233 South Elm St. The project is part of the New Mix program, which will address the […]
Larry Fox, chair of the contracting standards board, said he doesn’t want to be in the position of reviewing every request for proposals, but wants to be able to look at the procedures the quasi-publics use, and make sure they’re promoting fair competition in their bidding process. The quasi-agencies – which are designed to provide […]
Demolition of the former Latitude 41 restaurant at Mystic Seaport Museum began this week to make way for a boutique hotel on the property. Heavy equipment was in full motion on Tuesday tearing down the rear of the building, leaving the front of the building mostly untouched except for the missing windows, which had all […]
The City Council voted unanimously Monday night to transfer ownership of the former YMCA at 337-341 Main St. to Mattern Construction of Baltic for its planned new headquarters and commercial development. Along with creating its new headquarters, Mattern plans to market excess space in the renovated building for a restaurant or pub. The property is […]
A developer envisions transforming the Webster Street parking lot into a nearly 500-unit apartment complex with a 1,100-space parking garage and retail space for stores. To that end, the community is invited to a “Webster Street Lot Listening Session” at which officials will gather input from the community. Local and community leaders will attend, along […]
A Missouri-based company is proposing a 521,886-square-foot warehouse in Bloomfield on property that a construction company now uses for equipment storage and material stockpiling. NorthPoint Development LLC has applied for a special permit that would allow it construct the warehouse, with 118 loading docks, 206 trailer parking spaces and 361 car parking spaces. Northpoint, headquartered […]
A bill approved last week by the House Energy and Technology Committee charges the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection with developing a hydrogen strategic plan that encourages the use of hydrogen produced from renewable energy, and prioritizes its use in the sectors of the economy that are hardest to electrify. The department would also […]
New York developer Avner Krohn said he expects to have tenants in his latest New Britain development in September. Krohn said construction on the $20 million-plus, 107-unit apartment building known as The Brit is continuing but interest in the development is high. There are, right now, 165 people on the waiting list that have yet […]
The State Historic Preservation Office, known as SHPO, is currently has oversight of the demolition and restoration of historic properties. But earlier this month, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities lobbied for an appeals process on SHPO decisions, citing millions spent on litigation and remediation and arguing the need to balance historic preservation with economic development […]
Crews are busy constructing a new bridge to replace the one over Saugatuck Avenue, a project that has been in the works for years. The work is part of a larger Interstate-95 improvement project between exits 16 and 17 along the Norwalk, Westport line to make it safer for drivers. The total cost for the […]
Yale University will build a new, 12,930-square-foot Chemical Safety Building near the existing one on Edwards Street, after getting approval from the City Plan Commission. The project is a part of the university’s larger plan to develop its Science Hill district and enable a construction of a new Physical Sciences and Engineering Building, which was […]
