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State lawmakers approve Transfer Act replacement, expected to yield billions in economic activity

State lawmakers approve Transfer Act replacement, expected to yield billions in economic activity

by Kimberly Glassman | Apr 23, 2025 | Uncategorized

State officials on Tuesday celebrated the final adoption of new rules governing environmental cleanups at Connecticut’s industrial and commercial sites, with the change expected to yield billions in economic activity and thousands of new jobs. The General Assembly’s...
State lawmakers approve Transfer Act replacement, expected to yield billions in economic activity

Finance panel backs bill to shrink CT transportation debt

by Kimberly Glassman | Apr 23, 2025 | Uncategorized

The legislature’s Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee approved bills Tuesday that would reduce Connecticut transportation construction debt and would gradually phase out property taxes on motor vehicles — in the 2030s. The Democratic-controlled finance panel, which...
State lawmakers approve Transfer Act replacement, expected to yield billions in economic activity

PLA use didn’t increase project costs, Illinois study finds

by Kimberly Glassman | Apr 22, 2025 | Uncategorized

Project labor agreements in Illinois did not have a statistically significant effect on projects’ construction costs, as the award amounts for winning bids were not higher on PLA projects compared to those without PLAs, after accounting for other factors. That’s...
State lawmakers approve Transfer Act replacement, expected to yield billions in economic activity

Mother of DOT worker killed on the job asks Connecticut motorists to slow down and pay attention

by Kimberly Glassman | Apr 22, 2025 | Uncategorized

Shari DiDomenico wiped away tears on Monday morning as she recalled the tragic death last year of her 26-year-old son Andrew, a state Department of Transportation road maintenance worker who was struck by an alleged drunken driver on Interstate-91 in Wallingford. She...
State lawmakers approve Transfer Act replacement, expected to yield billions in economic activity

3.2M-sq.-ft. Amazon facility to start construction at Waterbury-Naugatuck site after $2.5M land sale

by Kimberly Glassman | Apr 22, 2025 | Uncategorized

A Pennsylvania-based development group has purchased 157 acres from the city of Waterbury for $2.5 million, setting the stage for construction of a roughly 3.2 million-square-foot logistics center. Waterbury and Naugatuck officials, on Monday, confirmed the sale of...
State lawmakers approve Transfer Act replacement, expected to yield billions in economic activity

Plainfield opposing plans for a trash to energy plant in a residential zone

by Kimberly Glassman | Apr 21, 2025 | Uncategorized

Local opposition is growing against a proposed trash-to-energy plant that would process 1,800 tons of solid waste per day on an 81-acre parcel within a residential zone. In the letters, addressed to residents “near the intersection of Norwich Road and Black Hill...
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