The board of the Connecticut Port Authority picked an engineering firm to help oversee the $157 million redevelopment of State Pier into a wind turbine staging area, during a special meeting Tuesday. At the meeting, which was held virtually, the board agreed to enter into a $4,191,572 contract with AECOM to act as its agent for the State Pier redevelopment, reviewing all aspects of the project. The contract, once signed by both parties, which is expected to happen in the coming days, will be effective until February 2023. Tenants at State Pier, including two commercial fishing outfits and a salt distribution company, are being displaced to make way for the start of construction, and longshoremen who unloaded and loaded cargo from vessels docked at the pier were laid off. The eight longshoremen who were employed full time were offered work with Carpenters Local 326.
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