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Governors from several northeastern and mid-Atlantic states may have found a way to reduce pollution from cars and trucks and buck the Trump administration, which is trying to weaken auto emissions standards and gut efforts to curb climate change. Under a regional cap-and-trade plan that a dozen states still are developing, drivers would pay more […]

Hartford HealthCare (HHC) and Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS), the state’s two largest health systems, say they are teaming up to build a $72 million, 25,000-square-foot radiation treatment center in Wallingford. According to plans, the Wallingford facility will include treatment, control and exam rooms, and clinical space. The facility will be staffed by physicians and […]

The health insurer is planning to double the size of its training and learning center at 1350 Boulevard Rd., a little-known facility — known as “Cigna University” — that is taking on added importance following the company’s $67 billion purchase last year of pharmacy-benefits manager Express Scripts. Cigna is asking the Bloomfield planning and zoning […]

A heated meeting of the Board of Finance revealed a need to review the town’s policies on contracts and emergency purchases. Numerous Board of Finance members expressed a desire to clarify this policy and delineate which contracts do and do not require Board of Selectmen approval. At a special meeting Monday night to go over […]

The state Department of Transportation’s long-running construction project on Route 6 is in its final stages, according to City Engineer Ray Rogozinski, with road paving complete and final details wrapping up in the next few weeks. The work that still remains includes paving driveways and parking lots that were disturbed by the project and repairing […]

At issue is a proposal to exempt the construction industry from one element of the plan — creation of Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs) that would take over much of the standard-setting done by DOL and state agencies. DOL officials working on a final version of the rule will soon decide whether to make changes to […]

Vineyard Wind has announced a partnership with Marmon Utility, a Marmon/Berkshire Hathaway company headquartered in Seymour, to create the first Tier 1 offshore wind supplier in the U.S. The agreement will go into effect if Vineyard Wind is awarded long-term contracts from Connecticut to provide 800MW or greater of offshore wind power in response to […]

It is one of several unexpected expenses associated with operation of the $44 million, 94,000-square-foot police headquarters. Burwick went before the board to request a total of $340,000 to cover costs that include services not provided by the contractor hired to manage the building. The largest single cost, $145,000, was for electricity. It has since […]

The city on Friday released details of a proposed agreement with the developers looking to build a 60-unit apartment complex on Franklin Street that calls for a 15-year tax abatement and the company paying approximately $30,000 in real estate taxes to the city the first year with increases of 3% for the remaining 14 years. […]

CRDA’s board of directors on Thursday voted unanimously to authorize the state taxpayer-backed loans for the project’s first phase, which will include construction of new apartments and retail space. The CRDA-approved financing includes a historic credit bridge loan of up to $5.5 million and a traditional construction mortgage of $6.5 million. All financing still must […]

Construction on the project has already begun. In the project’s first phase, panels will be installed on top of new parking canopies in the parking lot. A second phase includes installation of panels on the shopping center’s roof. Westfarms expects the 2.7-megawatt system to begin operating early next year. It has a projected annual output […]

Gov. Ned Lamont dropped a few more breadcrumbs Wednesday on the path he hopes lawmakers are following to his eventual presentation of CT 2030, a plan for spending about $20 billion over the next decade to speed Metro-North trains and ease highway congestion. The new talking point aimed at Fairfield County lawmakers: CT 2030 could […]

Municipalities say the stalemate between Gov. Ned Lamont and legislators over long-term transportation funding is about to create an immediate crisis: With $30 million in promised local aid months overdue, fall tree trimming and winter snow removal are at risk. Lamont is delaying action on a bond package, saying he needs to know if lawmakers […]

Lamont’s plan — part of a soon-to-be unveiled $18 billion transportation strategy — could reduce the trip from New Haven to Grand Central to about an hour and 40 minutes. At least $5 billion of the proposed funds will go toward upgrading the Metro-North Commuter Railroad, the Shore Line East railroad, and the Hartford Line […]

The developer of a $1 billion fuel-cell powered data center in New Britain, slated to begin first-phase construction this fall, has secured a state tax break worth up to $55.2 million. The quasi-public Connecticut Innovations (CI) last week approved the 10-year sales-and-use tax exemption for EIP Investment LLC’s purchase of capital equipment for its data […]

Lamont peered into the dim emptiness of an abandoned 200,000 square-foot factory, a building with good bones and high ceilings that O’Leary says will save it from the demolition crews that are slowly creating clean slates from brown fields for the next act in what once was America’s Brass City. With $3 million awarded by […]

Goodwin College has broken ground on a 25,000-square-foot, $8 million commercial building that aims to help revitalize the East Hartford school’s South Main Street campus area. The building on Main and Ensign streets will be used as a mixed-use commercial building and not for academic purposes, Goodwin spokesman Philip Moore said. https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/goodwin-college-breaks-ground-on-8m-commercial-building

Five acres of city-owned land abutting the Connecticut River could soon be open for redevelopment, and Middletown officials may formally seek development proposals next year, said Joseph Samolis, Middletown’s director of planning, conservation and development. The 1960s-era River Road pumping station is scheduled to be decommissioned by late winter. The new facility, part of a […]

Financially, tolling is as close to a must-do as anything I can imagine in government spending. Here’s the big picture: Connecticut already borrows more for transportation projects than any other state except Rhode Island. Even without stepped-up borrowing, debt payments are set to rise more than $300 million a year in the next five years, […]

When it comes to danger in the workplace, few jobs are more treacherous than those on a construction site. Of the 4,674 private-sector workers who died on the job in 2017, one in five were in construction, according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration statistics. To mitigate those risks, a growing number of construction firms […]

As the sector faces an aging workforce and tight labor market, big contracting firms, as well as smaller subcontractors and their suppliers, are being forced to diversify their hiring. As a result, in recent years, private design, engineering and contracting firms, construction trade groups, labor unions and nonprofit workforce-development agencies have mounted a full-court press […]

The “Park City Wind” project Pederson wants to building in the city is one of three proposals to bring wind offshore. Connecticut has a standing order for 2,000 megawatts of clean energy. The project, which involves an investment of $85 million, could generate upward of $1.6 billion in direct economic benefits and “create as many […]

A plan to bring a high speed ferry to Fairfield County, with service out of Stamford and Bridgeport to lower Manhattan, is being resurrected by Gov. Ned Lamont for his yet-to-be-released transportation plan. The idea has been studied, considered, planned and dropped multiple times since at least 2002, and as a result, much of the […]

It’s been more than a decade since Blackrock Realty LLC pitched a plan of massive construction around Fairfield’s third train station to make it a hub of commuter and shopping activity. Today, the area around the station remains nearly as bare of new construction as it did when Blackrock Realty first unveiled its plans. Blackrock […]

Gov. Ned Lamont’s chief of staff, Ryan Drajewicz, has dedicated most of his time over the last few months to coming up with a 10-year transportation plan that leverages federal dollars for transportation projects in strategic areas with the best opportunity for improved economic development. However, in order to leverage that federal funding, Connecticut will […]

Plans for the property call for a 145-unit “luxury” independent- and assisted-living campus called Waterstone on High Ridge. To start construction, National Development plans in November to begin demolishing 110,000 square feet of the existing building. The project is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 2021. National has developed nearly 30 senior […]

Gov. Ned Lamont is fine-tuning a 10-year, $18 billion transportation plan, narrowing it down to specific projects in a compromise proposal that he says will make a huge difference, saving as much as 20 minutes each way on various state highways and commuter trains. The much-anticipated proposal — known as CT 2030 — is expected […]

There has been “a lot of progress” in the construction of the new town hall, according to one of the project managers on the project. The new 33,400-square-foot building will serve as the home for the town hall, police headquarters, and the Board of Education. The building was becoming unstable, the well that serves Town […]

It may not seem like a lot, and Lamont certainly isn’t tallying up Republican votes just yet, but the notable change in tone publicly and privately from Republican legislators suggests his efforts to start from scratch on a new transportation plan aren’t completely for naught, even if it includes a few tolls. The plan will […]

A California company has closed its $1.1 billion acquisition of Connecticut Water, a Clinton-based utility that provides water services to more than 136,000 customers in Connecticut and Maine. The buyer, San Jose-based SJW Group, now claims 1.5 million customers across California, Connecticut, Maine and Texas. Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) approved the acquisition in […]

Bristol Hospital is preparing to embark on the next phase of a $15-million expansion and renovation that will roughly double the size of its emergency department. The design calls for the new and old square footage to be one unified space, said project manager Tom Roche. The hospital is financing the project through the Connecticut […]

Mayor Neil M. O’Leary took Gov. Ned Lamont on a tour through several multimillion-dollar redevelopment projects in the city’s South End Monday, and pledged to continue focusing on the area. Lamont on Monday said the bonding package is “tied” to whatever transportation plan is ultimately approved. More money borrowed for transportation will mean less money […]

Some new source of revenue must be established now and the dollars set aside, especially in a state that already has dumped more than $30 billion in pension debt on future taxpayers. For Lamont, that new source of revenue is a network of tolls – albeit a much smaller one than he proposed in February. […]

Everyone at Gateway is excited to be part of the team that will transform State Pier from an underutilized asset into an economic engine driving the growth of a major new industry based right here in New London. Ørsted, a world leader in clean energy and Eversource, New England’s largest energy company, have formed a […]

Voters gave the go-ahead for the town to build a new high school and expand the Meeting House Hill School at a cost of more than $113 million. The $113.4 million school building plan, proposed by the Board of Education, calls for a $84.2 million new high school and a $29.2 million addition onto Meeting […]

Lamont’s updated plan will also focus on alternative transportation financing from the federal government as he seeks to shave time off long commutes for workers and improve the state’s job outlook. Top legislators and representatives from the Lamont administration met with federal transportation officials recently to discuss low-interest loans available through the U.S. Department of […]

The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing that a nighttime bridge maintenance project will be performed on multiple bridges along Route 8 southbound in Bridgeport, Monday, October 7, through Friday, November 22, 2019. Motorists can expect lane closures. The regular work schedule for this project is from 8:00 pm to 5:00 am. (Monday through Thursday […]

The measure would hand over $1 billion for Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grants; $46.3 billion for highway projects; $17.7 billion to the Federal Aviation Administration; $2.8 billion for rail projects funded through the Federal Railroad Administration, an amount that includes $2 billion for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor and other projects; $13 billion for […]

The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act is an opportunity for Congress to give working families their voice back. The PRO Act would ensure that employers could no longer dodge wage and hour standards by misclassifying workers.  Employers also would not be allowed to misclassify employees as supervisors or independent contractors to prevent them […]

Twelve winning transportation projects from four U.S. regional competitions, including the I-84 widening project in Waterbury, will battle it out in this year’s America’s Transportation Awards competition, with two $10,000 cash awards for a charity or transportation-related scholarship of the winners’ choosing at stake. The broad scope of the projects in the final round include […]

The town has instructed an engineering firm to combine two of the less expensive options as a way to repair the deteriorating south pier at the Town Dock. Using a Connecticut Port Authority grant, the town hired Stantec Consulting to develop options for repairing the pier and in January 2019, the firm conducted an above- […]

Since the regular General Assembly session wrapped on June 5, lawmakers have said they’d be back this fall to tackle unfinished business. And now, with two months left before the winter holiday season brings new scheduling challenges, Lamont and legislators are struggling to solve a Rubik’s Cube of policy issues and agree on an agenda […]

A pair of medical-office buildings are proposed for the former Puritan Furniture site on Wethersfield’s Silas Deane Highway, the developer says. Developer Michael Panek, president of Southbury-based Phoenix Realty Management, said the 12-acre site — which is the former home to a Puritan showroom-warehouse at 1210 Silas Deane Highway — has been purchased and the […]

Vineyard Wind, based in New Bedford, Mass., submitted bids Monday for a 400-megawatt plan and options to develop projects that will generate 800 megawatts, 1,000 megawatts and 1,200 megawatts. The project, known as “Park City Wind,” was submitted to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in response to the agency’s 2019 solicitation for […]

“Work is currently progressing on the widening of the west side of the road and the Oronoque Lane intersection,” a prepared statement from Mayor Laura Hoydick’s chief of staff said. “At the same time, overhead utility wire relocation will be taking place on the east side of the road.” Meanwhile, work is also continuing on […]

The state Department of Transportation will conduct a public information meeting on Oct. 22 concerning proposed major intersection improvements on Route 6 at North Main Street and Agney Avenue. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall Community Room at 80 Main St. A design presentation will followed by question-and-answer and […]

So far, Connecticut’s first selected offshore wind suppliers, Orsted and Eversource, will compete with Mayflower Wind, a joint venture between Shell New Energies and EDPR Renewables North America, and Vineyard Wind, a pairing of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Avangrid Renewables. The auction, following the state’s request for proposals in August, stemmed from lawmakers’ and Gov. […]

The redevelopment authority will assist municipalities in procuring funding for local economic development projects, she said. “However, it set a benchmark for 70,000 population, but they’re allowing communities to work together. Bristol’s population is about 60,000 and Plainville’s is about 18,000, so working together both municipalities can take advantage of the new program, Zoppo-Sassu said. […]

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)’s 2020-2024 Capital Plan released earlier this month proposes a $51.5 billion budget for the New York City region’s subways, buses and railroads over the next five years, the highest in the authority’s history and 70% higher than current levels. The proposal, which requires board approval, includes funding for the second […]

A group of 26 Connecticut state lawmakers signed a letter addressed to Gov. Ned Lamont this week opposing the construction of the Killingly Energy Center (KEC), a gas-fired power plant. The letter encourages Lamont to join in the opposition to KEC. Flexer said that she is still researching what actions Lamont can take against the […]

A ramp carrying Route 8 northbound traffic to Interstate 84 westbound reopened Thursday after being closed for about a day because of structural concerns workers discovered on the bridge. The problem was fixed and access to Exit 33 via Route 8 northbound was restored at about 3:30 p.m., the state Department of Transportation said. The […]

Gov. Ned Lamont said in a speech Thursday he wanted to hammer out a deal with state legislators to support major mass-transit upgrades, but it remains unclear the extent to which his long-favored plan to install tolls on state highways would fit into that project. Improving Connecticut’s aging and congested highways and rail lines represents […]

Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration awarded 13 cities and towns a total of $13 million Thursday to finance housing rehabilitation to support low- and moderate-income households. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant  Small Cities program. The distribution of those funds in Connecticut is administered by the […]

The hourly minimum wage in Connecticut is set to increase to $11 per hour on Tuesday. The hourly minimum wage will rise to $11 as of Oct. 1, from $10.10. The minimum wage will rise until it reaches $15 an hour on June 1, 2023. The last time the minimum wage was increased was 2014, […]

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced today it will publish a final overtime rule, setting the minimum salary threshold for overtime eligibility at $35,568. The regulations implement the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)’s overtime mandate and, according to a senior DOL official, will make an estimated 1.3 million additional U.S. workers eligible for overtime […]

Earlier this month, Electric Boat broke ground on the centerpiece of the company’s expansion plan in preparation for the construction of a new line of submarines. The Navy plans for Electric Boat and Newport News to continue to build two of these submarines a year, and three of them in 2023. The next block of […]

Gaylord has mapped out $10 million in modernizing improvements to 100 inpatient rooms located on four floors in its Lyman and Hooker wings. Work on the first floor of Lyman began in March and is expected to wrap in October. Next up will be the first floor of Hooker, which is expected to take until […]

Regional approaches to marijuana legalization and transportation will be the focus Wednesday morning when New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo visits Gov. Ned Lamont at the Executive Residence in Hartford, the second time in a month the gubernatorial neighbors have met face to face. Connecticut is responsible for the railroad on this side of the border, […]

The Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) earlier this summer offered $4.5 million to purchase a key portion of XL Center’s atrium and adjoining retail space currently owned by Northland Investment Corp., the Hartford Business Journal has learned. Northland, however, rejected the bid, arguing it was a low-ball offer, officials said. Northland Principal Larry Gottesdiener did not […]

The board of directors of the quasi-public Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA), which oversees the 16,000-seat arena with Spectra Venue Management, voted unanimously Thursday night to rehire Conventions, Sports & Leisure International (CSL) to perform a new market demand and financial feasibility study of the venue. The study will begin as state lawmakers have been […]

The meeting was arranged due to detailed work by Gov. Ned Lamont’s chief of staff, Ryan Drajewicz, who headed to Washington this summer to talk to the Trump administration and seek new funding to fix the state’s aging infrastructure. As a result, federal officials from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau will speak […]

Alexion Pharmaceuticals plans to invest $10 million in labs at its facility in the city to increase the company’s capacity to reach clinical studies of its rare disease research. Alexion, in a statement, said its Global Product Development lab expansion at the 100 College St. site will be completed by the end of 2020. Yale […]

But since 2016, Meriden has had far fewer water worries thanks to an innovative flood control concept called Meriden Green. City planners, landscape architects and others who do climate resilience work in Connecticut think it should be a model for every community. The core of the project has turned the brownfield area and the river […]

That plan, which has been in the works for nearly 15 years and was passed by the town in 2015, includes the Costco big box store — currently being constructed off Exit 74 — as well as an already existing 280-unit residential development at Exit 73 known as The Sound at Gateway Commons. The second […]

State regulators recently approved a 10-year contract between the owner of Millstone Power Station and utility companies, effectively ending the yearslong political, regulatory and environmental battles to keep the plant operational. The contract calls on the utilities to buy half the plant’s output over the next decade. The price per kilowatt hour in the contract […]

The occasion was the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new facility for students in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades, which will incorporate students from Woodrow Wilson Middle School and Keigwin Middle School into an $87.35 million state-of-the-art building expected to be complete within the next two years. This is the first time a new middle school […]

With a briefing by federal transportation finance officials, the administration of Gov. Ned Lamont is expected to give lawmakers a glimpse Friday of potential ways the state might fund a 10-year transportation infrastructure plan without significant highway tolls. Officials from the Build America Bureau of the U.S. Department of Transportation are coming to Hartford to […]

Closing and demolition of the District Two sewage treatment plant on Route 7 and the piping of that wastewater for treatment at the soon-to-be renovated District One sewer plant on South Street will be up for comment at a Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing on Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the town hall […]

RJ Development + Advisors LLC, a New Haven-based commercial real estate development company, has put together conceptual plans and an ambitious schedule for construction of a four-story, 200-unit market-rate residential complex at the corner of Hamilton and Howard streets. https://www.theday.com/local-news/20190913/new-haven-firm-pitches-idea-for-200-unit-complex-in-new-london

Electric Boat on Friday marked the start of a major construction project — the biggest to take place in its Groton shipyard in more than 45 years — that will enable the company to build the next class of ballistic missile submarines at the same time it is churning out attack submarines. An $850 million […]

The city Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved a plan to build a 60-unit apartment building on Franklin Street. The next step in the approval process is a vote by the City Council on a memorandum of understanding with the developer. The race for city approval comes as Pennrose, the city’s preferred developer […]

The $800 million production facility for the Columbia-class submarine program is a generational enterprise that has and will employ thousands of trades workers, engineers, designers and planners to replace a critical fleet of aging Ohio-class submarines that have been on patrol for over 40 years. The new submarines are the U.S. Navy’s top acquisition priority, […]

Hartford’s Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday approved the hospital’s plan to build a 49,550-square-foot addition to the north façade of its existing Bliss Building at 80 Seymour St. It’s unknown how much the project will cost, but newly appointed Hartford HealthCare CEO Jeff Flaks told Hartford Business Journal in August that a “multimillion-dollar construction […]

The summer construction season will soon come to a close without towns and cities receiving $30 million in expected state grants for local road and bridge work. The funding is caught up in the larger debate on bringing back highway tolls to Connecticut and the negotiations over a two-year bonding package for the 2020 and […]

At issue is a proposal to exempt the construction industry from one element of the plan — the creation of Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs) that would take over much of the standard-setting now done by DOL and state agencies. Now that the Aug. 26 deadline for submitting formal comments has passed, DOL officials will decide […]

Pedestrians may now access the Atlantic Street sidewalks under the new bridge. During the 4th of July week, the old bridge, which carries five tracks for Metro-North Railroad and Amtrack trains, was taken down and a new one put in place over the course of roughly 10 days. As portions of the old one were demolished, […]

It won’t cost Waterbury $100,000 to track down overpowering odors blamed on its sewage treatment plant after all. Recent news of the additional fee to Jacobs Engineering had sparked criticism. The company was already hired to a 10-year, $62.9 million, contract to run the city’s sewage treatment plant. Mayor Neil M. O’Leary, on Monday, said […]

The Dept. of Labor’s inbox has been swamped by more than 300,000 comments—the vast majority from construction workers, according to a top union official—weighing in on the department’s proposal to revamp the federal program for apprenticeships. The regulation would apply to a broad range of industries. But for construction, the critical issue is a provision […]

The second aspect of $48-million renovation of the town’s sewer system — closing of the District Two sewage treatment plant off Route 7, and construction of a pumping station and pipeline to get that wastewater to the District One plant off South Street — will come up for comment at the end of the month. […]

The bridge will be shut down from 9 a.m. Tuesday through 9 a.m. Thursday. Some lanes have been closed on the bridge during non-peak hours since April when upgrades to the structure began. Construction is expected to run until at least mid-November, state Department of Transportation officials said in April. The department had said then […]

Residents narrowly approved the $17.43 million project in a 780-669 vote in Saturday’s referendum, the Republican American reported. The town expects to receive about $7 million in state grants to offset costs. The plan includes adding a new play area and 7,700 square feet of new classroom space, removing an original portion of the building […]

Water Pollution Control Authority Director Douglas Nettleton told the Board of Finance this week that badly needed repairs and replacement of equipment at the town sewer pumping station and plants could cost more than $2.9 million… many of the town’s 16 pump stations are in “dire straits.” “It’s got to the point where we can’t […]

University of Hartford’s new addition includes a state-of-the-art trading floor with Bloomberg ticker and an analytics lab. The University of Hartford this week unveiled a new state-of-the-art learning and collaboration space at the Barney School of Business. The 10,000-square-foot addition, and additional 13,000 square feet of renovated space at the university’s Auerbach Hall, cost $5 […]

The fourth and final phase of Hartford’s Front Street District is now complete with the recent opening of a new $23 million apartment complex. Residents of the 53-unit, 81 Arch St. apartments overlooking UConn’s Hartford campus began moving in Aug. 1, said Peter Christian, director of development and acquisitions for Greenwich-based HB Nitkin Group, the […]

The full Common Council will get their chance to review and potentially adopt the 10-year master plan for the city, after the Planning Committee advanced it on Thursday. The goals of the Plan of Conservation and Development aim to fulfill the city’s vision for the future, which includes making it a “national example of a […]

Labor Day provides an opportunity for leaders to relaunch their missions. Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration recognizes this, and the first autumn of a first term provides an opportunity for some renovations. This round could be better for Lamont and Connecticut if the governor has learned the lessons of the bitter past. https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-rennie-lamont-relaunch-0908-20190905-7o2li6m4i5gs5nqon2qdj7uyz4-story.html  

A heavily subsidized downtown Hartford apartment project that was part of the city’s “six pillars” economic-development plan has fallen into foreclosure and forced the state to take a nearly $25 million haircut on its original investment, the Hartford Business Journal has learned. Elizon DB Transfer Agent LLC, of Greenwich, is suing in Hartford Superior Court, […]

Projects featured in this plan that have already been completed previously to this year include renovations to the Willard-DiLoreto complex, the Mid-Campus Residence Hall, Hilltop Dining Facility, a new nursing lab, a new food pantry facility and renovations to a social sciences hall that has since been named Ebenezer Bassett Hall after the first African-American […]

The city stands to save nearly $1 million on the new police station project, thanks to a historically low interest rate Ansonia has scored. That’s the word from Mayor David Cassetti, who said the city secured a 2.1 percent interest rate on a $5 million, 20-year bond for the new police station downtown. The new […]

All of the state’s 15 quasi-publics are subject to state audits, and their operations fall under the state ethics code and freedom of information act. But they have more freedom than state agencies in personnel, purchasing and contracting decisions. Lamont said the state’s Office of Policy and Management, which prepares the state budget, most likely […]

At issue is a proposal to exempt the construction industry from one element of the plan — the creation of Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs) that would take over much of the standard-setting now done by DOL and state agencies. DOL has said it would exempt construction and the military from the program because those sectors […]

Last week, the Connecticut State Building Trades Council and officers of the Connecticut AFL-CIO sent Democratic lawmakers a letter urging them to pass legislation to implement electronic tolling as quickly as possible. They said electronic tolls will raise $800 million for the Special Transportation Fund and 40% of that will come from out-of-state drivers who […]

Work on turning State Pier into a modern, heavy-lift facility that supports offshore wind development will provide opportunities for welders, electricians, carpenters, and numerous other trades, and this is only the beginning. Once the pier is completed, that same skilled workforce will be needed to carry out the assembly work on the pier for offshore […]

Earlier this year, Shelbourne bought nearly all of the commercial buildings on Pratt St.’s south side, from 196 Trumbull St. to the building next door up to 57 Pratt St., and is part of a triumvirate of developer-landlords that recently unveiled an ambitious $100 million redevelopment vision they say would not just transform Pratt Street, […]

The town already has set aside $315,075 in its capital improvement budget to cover costs related to renovations, improvements and additions to the school. Thus the town would not borrow more than $17,109,925. The town also is anticipating reimbursement from the state at $6,959,925, meaning it would finance over 20 years a total of $9,950,000. […]

If I have the governor’s timetable correct, there will soon be a grand unveiling of the final $93 million plan, as already sketched out in permit applications, to convert New London’s port to a giant wind turbine assembly pad. Apparently, the public will get a look-see at the ribbon-wrapped deal before it is signed. A […]

The state currently borrows about $800 million per year for infrastructure work, combining that with roughly $750 million in matching federal grants. But the DOT says Connecticut needs to spend at least $2 billion annually to make long-term repairs and strategic improvements. As originally proposed, tolls could raise about $800 million annually, according to administration […]

The politics are tangled when it comes to the Trump administration’s initial decision—which still could change—not to include construction in its proposed apprenticeship rule revision. Including construction in the proposed plan could further accelerate the shrinking of the union segment by boosting open-shop training with more government support. Higher-paying union jobs can add to construction […]

Construction companies sometimes see government contracting as prohibitively competitive and believe the pay is low and the bid requirements are too time- and effort-consuming. But this is not the case, and should not hold construction companies back from bidding on a sector that offers huge growth opportunities. It’s super important for a contractor to follow […]

The Streetscape Renaissance Project could begin as soon as mid-November, when voters will have decided whether Republican Mayor Mark Boughton or Democratic challenger Chris Setaro will lead them into a new decade. On one hand, more shops and businesses have closed than have opened in recent months — including Danbury Democratic Party chairwoman Andrea Gartner’s […]

Nearly 25 top officials in the Connecticut State Building Trades Council and the state AFL-CIO asked the state House of Representatives and Senate to approve the tolls as soon as possible. The construction of tolls would be a major job-creator, and the union leaders said that the construction industry has not fully recovered from the […]

The city received six responses Tuesday from engineering firms interested in doing the design and engineering for the roundabout project, which would allow for traffic flow in all directions at Main and Franklin streets. The firms, all from Connecticut, will be reviewed by a committee that will select finalists to be interviewed before the city […]

The zoning review is part of a larger Joint Land Use Study, through the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments and funded by the Department of Defense, that is analyzing economic conditions and zoning, as well as housing and transportation needs related to Electric Boat and the sub base, according to the presentation.  The town’s recently approved […]

City officials are getting close to a deal that would put a new Bassick High School on the former Harvey Hubbell property on State Street. The new $115 million project — $90 million of which will come from the state — was to be built on the current Fairfield Avenue property but issues arose with […]

Construction crews broke ground Thursday on a small portion of the $664 million border fence project in the Arizona desert that is funded through President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration. Crews plan on installing 30-foot (9-meter) steel fencing to replace older barriers on two miles in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, next to the official […]

The town’s first selectman is alerting residents of upcoming bridge construction on Cream Pot Road this fall. The latest construction schedule from Loureiro has them installing detour signs and starting work Sept. 9, closing the road to through traffic Sept. 11, and opening the road Dec. 7,   https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/Bridge-work-in-Durham-will-run-September-to-14373354.php

Mayor Elinor Carbone and several other city officials gathered in the Mayor’s Office Monday afternoon to announce the launching of the project. The project will create a “civic space” that is aiming to lure residents and others to the area and enhance the prospects of existing and potential future businesses in the immediate area and […]

The state Department of Transportation, now in the surveying and design phase of extending the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail through Plainville, has provided a timetable for three phases of construction. This will finish connecting it to the rest of the 81.2-mile trail, which goes through Connecticut and Massachusetts.   http://www.bristolpress.com/BP-Plainville+News/357009/dot-timetable-takes-plainville-trail-project-through-2024

The state Department of Transportation says the report does not take population density into account, which means many of the states with the highest rankings in the report are those with the least population. The average population density of the 10 states receiving the best rankings is 81 people per square mile. Connecticut has 738 […]

The state and its offshore-wind-loving neighbors all face a year-end expiration of a federal tax credit that helps finance these projects – the first major attempts in the U.S. But in Connecticut some problems – including at least one self-inflicted one – could mean forgoing that money. https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/ct-offshore-wind-may-face-some-rough-seas