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East Hartford mayor touts progress on large apartment, other developments

East Hartford mayor touts progress on large apartment, other developments

by Kimberly Glassman | Feb 3, 2025 | Uncategorized

From demolition of a portion of the former Founders Plaza office park to the sale of town-owned property for a 400-unit apartment complex, 2025 will be another year to push ahead large-scale economic redevelopment projects in East Hartford. Town staff are setting the...
East Hartford mayor touts progress on large apartment, other developments

Proposed rail link to Bradley International Airport gains traction with new bill

by Kimberly Glassman | Feb 3, 2025 | Uncategorized

A Hartford-based rail advocate who travels frequently, Casey Moran, has pitched an idea to build a rail line that would connect Bradley International Airport to the region’s rail network. The Bradley Airport Rail Link would provide a one-seat train ride to...
East Hartford mayor touts progress on large apartment, other developments

DOT says it will tie funding to birth, marriage rates

by Kimberly Glassman | Feb 3, 2025 | Uncategorized

A new, undated memo from the DOT directs the department to give grant preferences to “communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average.” The action comes after the DOT announced that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy — who was confirmed to...
East Hartford mayor touts progress on large apartment, other developments

Meriden residents demand relief from highway construction noise

by Kimberly Glassman | Jan 31, 2025 | Uncategorized

Residents on both the east and west sides of the city say they live with intolerable traffic noise caused by highway construction projects and hope state officials can help. Two years ago, the state Department of Transportation embarked on a $500 million highway...
East Hartford mayor touts progress on large apartment, other developments

Trump ties transportation funding to immigration compliance

by Kimberly Glassman | Jan 31, 2025 | Uncategorized

The administration of President Donald J. Trump has informed the Connecticut Department of Transportation it would, “to the maximum extent permitted by law,” link federal transportation funding to policies on masks, vaccines, tolls and immigration enforcement. The...
East Hartford mayor touts progress on large apartment, other developments

Solar farm with 12,000 panels proposed for Stonington-Ledyard border

by Kimberly Glassman | Jan 29, 2025 | Uncategorized

A renewable energy company has proposed a 12,000-panel solar farm on Lantern Hill Road. The proposal before the Connecticut Siting Council, by North Haven-based Greenskies Clean Energy, LLC, would transform 28 acres near the border of Ledyard into a 4.99-megawatt...
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