by Joelyn Leon | Nov 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
With an infusion of $10.5 million in federal dollars, the city and a private company on the harbor are aiming to make Bridgeport a hub for future offshore wind energy projects. But the direct beneficiary of that federal aid is not Avangrid’s previously...
by Joelyn Leon | Nov 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Board of Finance is grappling with how the city will fund its share of a $1.5 billion school facilities plan. Full implementation of the plan, including addressing all the deferred maintenance, would cost the city about $952 million over two decades. The new plan...
by Joelyn Leon | Nov 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Some skeptics in Norwalk opposed the plan because of the cost, others because they would lose their land by eminent domain. And everyone’s concerned about the years of construction and mess… including demolition of the Maritime Aquarium IMAX Theater. The CDOT had...
by Joelyn Leon | Nov 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
The death toll in construction hasn’t changed in the past decade, raising important questions about the effectiveness of OSHA and what it would take to save more lives, according to an analysis by Construction Dive. Workers continue to die at the same rate — 10 out of...
by Joelyn Leon | Nov 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
The 6,000-plus seat Dunkin’ Donuts Park was completed in 2017, following a construction project that was delayed by a year and which saw costs jump from an initial $56 million budget to $71 million. The city blamed Middletown-based Centerplan Cos., terminating it as...
by Joelyn Leon | Nov 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
Rising construction costs and quickly climbing interest rates have pushed the Farmington High School construction project about $18 million over budget, and town voters will get to decide next month how to deal with that. School and municipal officials are asking...
