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Bridge to Long Island? Connecticut lawmakers asked to study 14-mile Sound crossing

Bridge to Long Island? Connecticut lawmakers asked to study 14-mile Sound crossing

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 4, 2026 | Uncategorized

A Connecticut developer is urging state lawmakers to take a closer look at building a bridge across Long Island Sound, an ambitious proposal gaining support from some state and local officials. A bill before the General Assembly’s Commerce Committee would direct...
Bridge to Long Island? Connecticut lawmakers asked to study 14-mile Sound crossing

Bridgeport gives Cherry Street Lofts developer more time to pay taxes, settle suits

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 3, 2026 | Uncategorized

BRIDGEPORT — It is far from a groundbreaking. But the black netting draped late last year over Gary Flocco’s blighted buildings at 62, 72 and 80 Cherry St. and 1325 Railroad Ave. is considered a sign of progress at the residential redevelopment long-delayed by legal...
Bridge to Long Island? Connecticut lawmakers asked to study 14-mile Sound crossing

$7.3M solar farm plan for CT forest land denied. Environmental impact cited in ruling.

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 3, 2026 | Uncategorized

The Connecticut Siting Council has rejected a Lodestar Energy application that would have brought a solar farm to Torrington. The application was for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a 3.0-megawatt-AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility and...
Bridge to Long Island? Connecticut lawmakers asked to study 14-mile Sound crossing

Larson, Blumenthal, Murphy Announce Landmark Project Labor Agreement Requirement, Securing Union Jobs for $345 Million Hartford Courthouse Construction

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 3, 2026 | Uncategorized

Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy announced a new federal determination they negotiated with the General Services Administration (GSA) to require a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the upcoming $345...
Bridge to Long Island? Connecticut lawmakers asked to study 14-mile Sound crossing

Tweed Airport Expansion Moves Ahead as Residents Question Flooding, Wetlands Impact

by Joelyn Leon | Feb 27, 2026 | Uncategorized

As Tweed-New Haven Airport moves closer to a $250 million expansion, officials used a public information session Wednesday to outline the environmental review process as residents continue raising concerns about flooding, wetlands and transparency. Since launching in...
Bridge to Long Island? Connecticut lawmakers asked to study 14-mile Sound crossing

Connecticut Siting Council denies solar farm for Torrington forest on West Hill

by Joelyn Leon | Feb 27, 2026 | Uncategorized

TORRINGTON — The Connecticut Siting Council has denied Lodestar Energy’s application for a solar farm on 41 acres West Hill Road. “The Siting Council determined that the scale of forest clearing and the associated environmental impacts outweighed any potential...
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