Gov. Ned Lamont and legislative leaders reached a compromise Wednesday that returns his embattled nominee Marissa Gillett to chairmanship of a restructured Public Utility Regulatory Authority that will expand to five commissioners and move out of the executive branch. Under the deal, which could cool off what was expected to be a fiery Gillett confirmation […]
A Vernon builder is proposing an age-restricted housing development in South Windsor that would include 44 single-family houses and three duplexes. Kenneth J. Boynton, president of Boynton Construction, in January applied to the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission for a zoning exemption and site plan approval for his “Orchard Pointe” senior residence development at 186 […]
About $30.5 million in already approved funds has been locked by the Trump administration’s freeze on grants and programs related to climate change and diversity, officials said. That money is set to update heating systems, facilitate public housing development and provide job training for some of the city’s neediest residents, officials said. But the city […]
A Florida-based company is proposing a new 200,000-square-foot warehouse in South Windsor. Vero Beach, Florida-based Altatwo Realty Co. LLC is proposing to build the warehouse, along with associated parking, trailer spaces and a new freight rail spur on a 16-acre wooded property at 250 Rye St. An application was filed with South Windsor’s Inland Wetlands […]
The Board of Mayor and Burgesses has voted to discontinue a portion of Water Street to make way for the proposed new train station. Water Street is divided mainly by Maple Street. The section of Water Street from Trinity Health of New England Urgent Care to the Post Office recently was converted to a one-way […]
A new rehab hospital that planned to open this spring on the city’s west side has requested a six-month extension due to what it called “extenuating circumstances not entirely within” its control that pushed back the project’s expected construction completion date. Encompass Health is building the 40-bed, $39 million facility, the greater Danbury region’s first […]
The design phase for the first project of the “New Mix” program to reconstruct the network of bridges and elevated ramps of the so-called Mixmaster interchange of Interstate 84 and Route 8 is nearing completion. The designs for the removal of the Exit 21 off-ramp from I-84 eastbound and related work are 90% complete, and […]
Gov. Ned Lamont, whose 2019 tolls plan amounted to a high-speed tire blowout at the start of his first term, declared a new champion of tolls: President Donald Trump. Lamont, in his Feb. 5 budget speech to lawmakers, described a memo from the U.S. Department of Transportation, “notifying us that all road and bridge grant […]
City leaders’ ongoing plans to improve downtown’s walkability, appearance and economic viability received a recent boost with a $4 million state grant. The new funds will support the $17 million Streetscape Renaissance Project, which calls for redesigned sidewalks and roadway improvements as well as other enhancements like landscape improvements in areas like the intersection of […]
State Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, has said she will continue to advocate for a bill calling for an economic study of the area surrounding the Mohegan-Pequot Bridge despite the public-hearing testimony of two state commissioners who suggested last week that a pending transportation study should come first. The bill’s 10 co-sponsors include Osten and eight […]
The developer of a solar project at a former Windham landfill is threatening to scrap the project after discovering that required substation upgrades would cost 13 times more than the project itself. Verogy CEO William Herchel told CT Examiner that the company predicted a $2 million investment in the project. But Eversource, the electric company […]
Construction input prices jumped 1.4% in January, marking the largest monthly increase in two years, according to an analysis by Associated Builders and Contractors. However, the price jump also stems from a rush to purchase materials ahead of potential tariffs, said Anirban Basu, ABC chief economist. The cost of inputs to construction now sits 40.5% […]
The Planning and Zoning Commission tabled a vote Thursday on a proposed 40-acre quarry off Route 12 in Gales Ferry that residents have said would ruin their health, disturb their neighborhoods and reduce the value of their homes. The commission is next scheduled to meet to discuss and possibly vote on the application Thursday, Feb. […]
Gov. Ned Lamont’s new budget proposal would keep Connecticut on pace to dramatically accelerate the rebuilding of its aging highways, bridges and rail lines. But that increase also could leave the transportation program needing new revenues in three years, and some legislators already have begun exploring new ways to pay for it — including a […]
The borough is the first town statewide to join the Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority, newly established to help municipalities with transit oriented development. MRDA, a quasi-public state agency created in 2024 by state law, is responsible for helping municipalities with transit-oriented development, mainly focusing on the growth of new housing, as defined under state statutes. […]
The Department of Defense has ordered its contracting officers to halt the use of project labor agreements on “large-scale construction projects,” according to a memo obtained by Construction Dive. The notice, dated Feb. 7, says contracting officers shall remove PLA requirements created by former President Joe Biden that apply to projects receiving $35 million or […]
Having threatened, implemented and then pulled back on tariffs involving imports from Canada and Mexico earlier this month, President Donald J. Trump has now implemented 25 % tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports. As of Tuesday evening, it was still unclear how much steel Connecticut businesses purchased from international sources in 2024. But according […]
WeHa Development Group LLC is seeking a zoning change for 1800 Asylum Ave. that would allow them to convert the long-vacant property into Heritage Park, a development consisting of six duplex townhomes, 93 rental one- and two-bedroom units, 19 townhomes that will be for sale and a 90-unit assisted living facility combined with a grocery […]
Crews have been hard at work demolishing the old Southington Public Library at 255 Main St. now that the new, 30,000-sqaure-foot library opened next door in December. Efforts to build a new, state-of-the-art building have been in the works for several years, including residents’ approval of $16.9 million for the project in 2021. A $5 […]
At Holtec International’s manufacturing facility in Camden, N.J., welders work to seal stainless steel canisters that will be used by an overseas customer to ship spent nuclear fuel. To ensure the canisters don’t leak, they undergo a series of three tests, including digital radiology to essentially X-ray the welding job, a dye check to discover […]
The town has taken another step toward creating a blueprint for the revitalization of New Milford’s riverfront area by voting to hire an architectural firm for $449,550 to begin designing the project. The Town Council approved a motion at its Jan. 27 meeting to authorize Mayor Pete Bass to enter into a contract with WXY […]
Apartment buildings are popping up from Fairfield to Shelton. Some are mixed-use and feature commercial aspects like Trumbull Center with its planned retail on the ground floor. Others are purely residential, such as a new 100-unit building on Lordship Boulevard in Stratford. The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved plans to build a 50-unit, five-story […]
State Rep. Mitch Bolinsky, a Newtown Republican, is no stranger to traffic on Interstate-84. And so Bolinsky has proposed a possible solution, submitting a proposed bill calling for Connecticut’s Department of Transportation to study adding an additional traffic lane along more than 30 miles of I-84, from Exit 7 in Danbury through Exit 20 in […]
Neil Patel, principal engineer in the DOT’s Major Highways Unit, anticipated last summer that construction on the $175 million project could begin in 2026. Now, a 2027 start for construction is more likely as Patel said he expects the project to move from its current preliminary design phase to the final design phase this summer. […]
Today, the legislature’s Labor and Public Employees Committee expressed support for a bill that intends to double the number of Wage and Workplace Management Division’s (WWMD) wage investigators at the Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL). Inadequate staffing has posed a significant issue for CTDOL, which has come under fire in recent years for its ever […]
Trump’s ire has long been directed at wind power in particular, even though the biggest producers are red states, per the EIA. To that end he signed a standalone executive order temporarily suspending new or renewed leases for offshore and onshore wind projects, and halted the leasing of wind power projects on the outer continental […]
With changes in infrastructure priorities, regulatory rollbacks and economic shifts, contractors and developers are bracing for both new opportunities and potential setbacks. Some sectors, such as data centers and infrastructure, are set for rapid growth, while clean energy projects and high-speed rail could see federal support dwindle. Other types of projects have a mixed or […]
Gov. Ned Lamont unveiled his new two-year budget Wednesday with new and increased funding for several programs thanks to a ‘tweak’ to the state’s fiscal guardrails, and tax cuts for middle-class families, workers across a multitude of industries and corporations to boost job creation. After a debate that has lasted for a year, Lamont is […]
A heavy excavator was clearing land on Monday to make space for a 24-unit apartment building just outside the city’s downtown limits, where a row of three apartment houses known as “the barracks” were once a blighting influence. “We have a good city with some new housing coming in, and there’s going to be more […]
On Monday, Jan. 27, the regional utility holding company agreed to sell Aquarion Water Co. for $1.6 billion plus debt to the New Haven-area’s Regional Water Authority, nearly a year after putting the business up for sale. Regulators had nixed an Aquarion rate hike request in 2023. Then on Tuesday, Eversource CEO Joe Nolan Jr. […]
City officials are looking to press forward with plans to develop commercial space at the former Bigelow Boiler site on River Street. Michael Piscitelli, New Haven’s economic development administrator, said the work is related to remediation of the site prior to “turning it over” to a developer for a commercial space that could potentially house […]
The town has been awarded a $3.5 million federal grant to construct a sidewalk on the east side of Route 69 from Prospect Elementary School to the center of town. The busy route also is known as Waterbury Road. Prospect was awarded a federal Transportation Alternatives grant that includes a 20% match from the town. […]
The site of an approved residential and retail project at 280 Main Ave. in Norwalk, once planned to be a BJ’s Wholesale Club, has been listed for sale for $15 million. Despite the listing, Planning and Zoning Director Steve Kleppin said the site still has the Planning and Zoning Commission’s approval for development. That approval […]
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 stage to invest a portion of a $6.5 million state grant to […]
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 Bradley from throughout much of Connecticut. It would have stops in Hartford, Bloomfield and […]
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 the position on Wednesday — had authorized a series of actions to […]
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 project to reconfigure the interchange of I-91, I-691 and Route 15 in […]
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 U.S. Supreme Court has held the federal government can impose conditions on federal funding, but those conditions must […]
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 solar energy farm. Such a farm would produce enough electricity to power about 700 homes […]
Last week, President Donald Trump told federal agencies to stop disbursing Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act funding, including money that Congress already authorized. The move has thrown climate and infrastructure projects at various stages of development into uncertainty, as his agenda regarding federal government contracts and grants continues to rapidly evolve. […]
Principal Brian Scott said despite the subzero temperatures, most things went smoothly during the first day of classes in the new Torrington High School building Jan. 22. The four-story, 310-000-square-foot building will cost about $179.5 million, with the state reimbursing the city 85%. The middle school wing will open for classes in September. Wilson expressed […]
Eight school building projects have made the state’s School Construction Project Priority List for 2025. In total, the state’s Department of Administrative Services is providing $152.4 million in grants to support school building projects in Fairfield, Greenwich, Norwich, Plainville and Woodbridge. The combined cost of the local projects is $262.7 million. The estimated cost depends […]
State Comptroller Sean Scanlon announced legislation on Monday that would target companies that are under investigation for wage theft by empowering his office to cut off payments for state contracts. The bill would create a system in which the comptroller would be notified when a company with state contracts comes under investigation for violating wage […]
Joined by members of the legislature’s Labor Committee and representatives of organized labor for a news conference in the Legislative Office Building, Scanlon said the bill, if approved, would allow his office to take action against companies and contractors who are violating the state’s prevailing wage law. “As the CFO for the state of Connecticut, […]
Programs that carve out participation goals for traditionally underrepresented workers on federal construction contracts may be under fire, but they’re not dead yet. That was the take from an attorney who focuses on these kinds of government initiatives after President Donald Trump issued several executive orders this week to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion efforts […]
A proposed development with a hotel, restaurants and retail at the corner of Bridgeport Avenue and Long Hill Cross Road now includes housing. Crown Point Associates — owned by Jim Botti, Jr. and his brothers Travis and Trevor Botti — presented the updated plans to the Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday during a public hearing […]
Plans to build 112 units of housing at the site of a former health and rehabilitation center will be the subject of a Town Council public hearing on Tuesday. It’s the latest housing development proposal to come West Hartford’s way, which has so far been amenable to making zoning changes to allow for multifamily housing […]
City officials have been discussing the 125-foot West Main Street bridge, built in 1888 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, for a quarter century – most intensely in the last half-dozen years. The bridge is so deteriorated that it has been closed even to foot traffic. The city engineer said last week […]
State officials have allocated resources for the renovation of the Veterans Terrace housing development to the tune of an anticipated $25 million in financing and tax credits. The state-sponsored 150-unit affordable housing project, located on Columbus Circle in East Hartford, has been under renovation for years by the East Hartford Housing Authority, which operates a […]
As promised, President Donald Trump dealt a blow to the offshore wind industry on his first day in office Monday by signing an executive order that halts new leases for offshore wind farms in federal waters. The commissioning of Sunrise Wind, a 924-megawatt wind farm off the coast of Montauk, N.Y., and one of three […]
The committee leading the project to convert the former Academy School building into a community center concluded that keeping the project as it was originally envisioned would require at least $8 million more than the original budget. First selectwoman Peggy Lyons told the audience last week that the bids received in December were between $5.2 […]
As the state Department of Transportation designs a $32.8 million rehabilitation of the Mohegan-Pequot Bridge, town officials have sent a letter to Gov. Ned Lamont saying the span needs to be wider. The DOT’s current plan to rehabilitate the bridge, which is in a design phase and not scheduled to begin construction until 2027, does […]
The fishing pier and boardwalk at Ferry Landing State Park will be removed starting early this spring and will remain absent for the duration of the multi-year, $1.3 billion bridge construction project to replace the Connecticut River Bridge, according to Amtrak. An improved pier and boardwalk will be installed at the end of the project, […]
A new quasi-public state agency armed with $60 million to spur multifamily housing in Connecticut downtowns and around mass transit hubs will begin to fund its first projects this year. At the helm of the newly formed Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority (MRDA) is David Kooris, a 44-year-old Fairfield native who has led planning and economic […]
A handful of subcontractors on a high-profile, partially publicly subsidized upper-scale apartment project along the city’s harbor have been fined a total of $160,500 and given stop-work orders for breaking state labor laws. The long-awaited development is the first phase of a proposed 1,500 units funded in part with a 12-year municipal tax break. State […]
A $115 million development project to transform the former Showcase Cinemas property nestled between Silver Lane and Interstate 84 has been delayed by more than a year. Developer Brian Zelman, who has partnered with developer Avner Krohn on the project, said Monday that the last hurdle was the East Hartford Town Council’s approval last month […]
The Land Use Department has received a letter from Lodestar Energy stating its intent to submit an application for a 3-megawatt solar farm on West Hill Road to the Connecticut Siting Council this month. The Planning and Zoning Commission will briefly discuss the matter at its meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. but will likely not […]
Grants announced Monday include $11.6 million to increase weekday round-trip service to and from Union Station in downtown Hartford, including more stops in a renovated Windsor Locks station and $2.4 million to study street-level train crossings along the Danbury Branch line that links Norwalk to Danbury. Eucalitto said the added trains will make it easier […]
Some of the last federal transportation dollars to be distributed by the administration of President Joe Biden are going to Connecticut to expand rail service in the corridor from New Haven to Hartford and Springfield. State and federal officials announced the $11.6 million in funding Monday at Union Station in Hartford, one of the stops […]
Democratic lawmakers proclaimed housing one of their top priorities Monday, though they offered few details on what specific policies they intend to propose. Lawmakers cited an array of stats underlining Connecticut’s housing crisis: The state is short an estimated 86,000 units, its vacancy rate is among the lowest in the country, housing prices continue to […]
General Dynamics Electric Boat has acquired land for a big new warehouse in eastern Connecticut to support submarine construction at its Groton shipyard, as the U.S. Navy continues to signal plans for a major expansion of the fleet. On Jan. 2, Electric Boat completed the $5.5 million purchase of a 55-acre commercial property just off […]
After falling short twice in recent years, the redevelopment of Halls Road took a significant – and likely decisive – step forward after winning the approval of the town’s Planning Commission on Thursday. Members of the Planning Commission voted unanimously that the proposed zoning overlay was consistent with Old Lyme’s Plan of Conservation and Development. […]
The lot at West Park Place, facing Columbus Park, is a remnant of 1960s urban renewal. The diner won a court battle over government attempts to take its property by eminent domain. Now ringed by tall buildings, it soon may have another one next door. The Stamford Zoning Board is considering a proposal from Tullamore […]
For Mayor Roberto Alves, a multimillion-dollar project to improve downtown’s walkability is just one small piece of the puzzle to creating a revitalized city center. The city’s ongoing streetscape project could be that injection. It will enter its second phase, installing redesigned sidewalks, new landscaping and other features along the intersection of Main, West and […]
City leaders have approved spending $2.6 million in state infrastructure funds to build a new booster pump station that supplies water to the community college area. The Bartholomew Road Booster Pump Station, built in 1969 and located in an underground vault at the corner of Coe Avenue and Randolph Road, is in “critical” condition, according […]
“Nuclear power already provides most of our carbon-free power. That’s why we’re working with the federal government to find ways to expand nuclear capacity here in Connecticut,” he said, then added, “Before you rule out natural gas … that’s where most of our power comes from and will for the foreseeable future, especially without more […]
After years of broken promises and delays the Congress Street Bridge linking downtown and the East Side over the Pequonnock River may finally after nearly three decades be rebuilt thanks to a massive infusion of federal dollars. On Thursday U.S. Rep. Jim Himes and U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, all Connecticut Democrats, announced […]
The borough’s $14.8 million downtown infrastructure project is scheduled to be completed by Oct. 15, Mayor N. Warren “Pete” Hess said. The project involves upgrading Church and Maple streets, the Maple Street bridge and the intersection near Water Street. A little more than $9.2 million of the funding will come from the borough’s American Rescue […]
The city was approved for a $2 million federal grant to come up with ways to knit back together neighborhoods cleaved when I-91 was built in the 1960s, officials said Thursday. The “Reconnecting Neighborhoods” grant comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Among other things, the $2 million grant will pay for design and a […]
General Dynamics Electric Boat recently paid $5.5 million for a nearly 55-acre property in North Stonington, where the Groton-based submarine builder plans to construct a roughly 480,000-square-foot warehouse. The property at 45 Frontage Road, right off Interstate 95, currently hosts a 40-year-old, 5,000-square-foot garage. John Cafasso, a principal of Colliers, brokered the sale on behalf […]
The importance of infrastructure is largely acknowledged as a bipartisan issue, said Mary Scott Nabers, CEO of Austin, Texas-based Strategic Partnerships, a government procurement consultancy. “I think that the construction industry should feel very positive about 2025,” Nabers said. “From all indications, the next three or four years will be very good for the construction […]
A plan to build a solar farm the size of 12 football fields off Fawn Meadow Lane has been approved by the Connecticut Siting Council with a long list of conditions. Greenskies Clean Energy’s application for a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need was granted Dec. 5, clearing a required hurdle to operate a […]
Clinton-based utility company Connecticut Water announced Monday that it replaced more than 93,500 feet, or roughly 18 miles, of water main in 2024. The work consisted of 22 projects in 18 municipalities, at a cost of about $44.5 million, according to Connecticut Water. Some of the pipes replaced were more than 120 years old, including […]
Last year ended with four Connecticut malls in Enfield, Meriden, Waterford and Waterbury losing tenants, a result of retailers either reducing their number of locations, going out of business or relocating stores. With high vacancy levels in those malls, retail and commercial retail experts have said 2025 could be the year that one of the […]
One of two downtown eyesores will come down this spring after the City Council voted Monday to include $2.6 million in its capital improvement budget to demolish 116 Cook Ave. The spending is offset by a $2 million state grant, leaving the city to pay $600,000. Monday’s council vote allows the city to hire a […]
Russell will ask legislators when the 2025 General Assembly session starts Wednesday to cap the Special Transportation Fund’s emergency reserve so that once that safety net account tops 18% of the STF — nearly $412 million based on current spending — the state would have to put that money to work, paying down long-term debt. […]
More than 700 former Torrington High School students took the opportunity to enjoy a final tour of the soon-to-be-demolished structures on Major Besse Drive on Saturday, Jan. 4. That was just 17 days before classes will begin for current students in the new crescent-shaped high school just yards away. Torrington-based O&G Industries led the construction […]
After more than a year of delay, developers advancing the roughly 400-unit “Concourse Park” luxury apartment complex in East Hartford say they expect to break ground this spring. The Council also approved several deed restrictions for the 25-acre development site off Silver Lane, which is currently held by the town. These provide a measure of […]
The work is expected to be completed in the spring of 2028, said Joe Cooper, state Department of Transportation communications manager. Cooper said the project will address the current bridge’s structural deficiencies while designing a new span that is storm resilient. The existing bridge, which has a concrete and steel beam structure reinforced by a […]
The city finalized its $3 million purchase of the one-acre Attention to Detail vehicle customization property in December to make way for the proposed, block-size Village at Riverside mixed-use development bordered by Court and Main streets and deKoven and Dingwall drives. This and other projects are anticipated to help the city finally reconnect to its […]
Hundreds of residential units came to Stamford in 2024, and 2025 is also shaping up as another banner year for development in the city. Large-scale construction projects have been approved at locations in North Stamford, as well as the downtown. Long Ridge Road is set to see over 800 new residential units, and the city’s […]
Across the New Haven area, shovels are entering the ground and steel beams are going up. Officials have green-lit construction and renovation projects to bring new businesses and housing to the region throughout 2025. Officials broke ground in October on the first phase of a project expected to completely revitalize Dixwell Avenue. The $200 million […]
New bridges, extra highway lanes and another round of road pavings are on the docket for 2025 in Stamford. An auxiliary lane will be added to both sides of Interstate 95 in Stamford in 2025 if the state’s plans come to fruition before the end of the year. The project involves adding an extra lane […]
The Executive Kia dealership at 1164 N. Colony Road is undergoing a major expansion and renovation expected to be completed in 2025. The construction will double the size of the current building, totaling 24,000 square feet. The private school Choate Rosemary Hall is undertaking several projects expected to be completed in 2025. Minnesota-based medical equipment […]
A core tenet of my party is that government can deliver for the American people. We have also generally supported the regulations that protect our safety, the environment, and community input. But those regulations have calcified into a huge obstacle to building anything at all. A few months ago, I realized that over the last […]
As of last January, utility-scale battery power storage made up 46% of applications for new power sources to be connected to the grid, as reported by ISO New England, which oversees the region’s wholesale power market. ISO New England lists about 30 active battery farm projects statewide in Connecticut where developers want to hook up […]
The final report hasn’t been written, but research so far on a wide-ranging study of the Route 44 corridor in Canton endorses widening the roadway to create left-turn lanes at Dowd Avenue and adding a traffic roundabout on Dowd about a half-mile to the west. Engineers and traffic planners studied the cost, viability and potential […]
The Connecticut State Pier in New London is already serving as a new launching point for offshore wind turbines, but two sections of the newly renovated port facility will need to be fixed due to flaws in parts of the $311 million construction project. Correcting those problems is expected to cost, at a minimum, several […]
The state Bond Commission is poised to authorize tens of millions in borrowing Friday to help fund multifamily developments throughout the state. Housing development is a big chunk of the $423.1 million borrowing package going before the bond commission on Friday. The agenda includes $50 million for the state Department of Housing’s Build for CT […]
Town officials are moving forward with a $16.7 million plan to protect the sewage treatment plant from powerful storms and rising sea levels by building a floodwall around the riverside facility. The town council voted unanimously this week to issue bonds and appropriate funds to pay for the construction project, which is now expected to […]
The proposed, block-size Village at Riverside mixed-use development, planned for property bordered by Court and Main streets and deKoven and Dingwall drives, is anticipated to help the city finally reconnect to its riverfront via a walking bridge over Route 9. The Village is expected to include “affordable, luxury” housing units, with some 19 townhomes, 258 […]
The first 11 tenants have moved into The Anthem at Square 10, the first building to be nearly completed in a sweeping remake of the downtown commercial site where the New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum once stood. An outdoor pool, gym and some co-working spaces also are ready, along with the second and third residential […]
The cold drizzle Monday was perfect for the groundbreaking for two elementary school projects — one in the north end of town and the second at Norton Elementary, according to Cheshire Superintendent of Schools Jeffrey Solan. Costing $90 million, the north end school will be the largest capital project the town has ever undertaken. The […]
The state awarded the borough a $3 million Community Investment Fund grant last year to advance the industrial park project – specifically the construction of infrastructure for the property at 280 Elm St. The borough is applying for another $3 million CIF grant to complete the road network for phase two of the subdivision of […]
The executive board of the state’s AFL-CIO is asking Steve Schrag, a volunteer with the Naugatuck Valley Project, to voluntarily resign from the state’s AFL-CIO Health & Safety Committee because of his vocal opposition to a planned Amazon distribution center on the Waterbury-Naugatuck line. “Due to your opposition, you endangered the approval of this project, […]
Two of Stamford’s five ailing bridges have reopened: West Glen Drive bridge and Lakeside Drive bridge in Stamford are back in service after being closed over the summer and fall. Both bridges were rated “poor” by the Connecticut Department of Transportation and both were closed in the spring for repairs. The CTDOT has 11 rankings […]
The town recently received a grant that will go toward helping install sewer systems for nearly 100 homes while also protecting the Long Island Sound. The $1.5 million grant, awarded through the Long Island Sound Futures Fund, will go to the town’s Water Pollution Control Authority for construction of a sewer extension in the Dean […]
Construction is on schedule at the sites of the new Norwalk High School and South Norwalk School, although it’s not certain if the latter will have solar panels or open in fall 2025 as expected. The new Norwalk High School is slated to welcome students in fall 2027, with the new sports complex atop the […]
The new 20-year agreement, approved by the New London City Council and signed by Mayor Michael Passero earlier this month, is with the Miami Beach Association, Old Lyme Shores Beach Association, Old Colony Beach Association, the town of Old Lyme and associated water pollution control authorities. The contract requires construction of the new sewer system […]
The city is moving closer to razing the former Bristol Babcock industrial complex, which has remained an eyesore and a safety hazard. The Board of Aldermen will vote Monday on hiring a licensed environmental professional from Tighe and Bond for $244,429. The demolition will be followed by an investigation of the site for contaminants and […]
State officials recently unveiled an Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Dashboard, to help Connecticut residents visualize how and where over half of the $6.4 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funds the state has received will be allocated. Per the dashboard, passenger and freight rail projects represent the largest recipient of federal funds, with roads, […]
A plan to build a 4 1/2-story Amazon retail distribution facility in the city’s South End continues to draw opposition from neighbors looking to keep the massive facility out of their backyard. Bluewater Property Group is proposing to erect the 650,000-square-foot structure on a portion of the 155 city-owned acres along the Waterbury-Naugatuck line, an […]
The Connecticut Port Authority failed to seek bids for a marketing vendor and improperly purchased a variety of services and supplies, a new state audit found. In a lengthy response included with the audit, the port authority partly agreed with the criticism while pointing out the agency was understaffed during the audited period and has […]
Months of tense hearings and court-like drama before the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission will wrap up Dec. 19, but the fault lines are evident between advocates of a large-scale excavation and development, on the one hand, and neighbors fiercely opposed to a project they say will lower nearby property values and their quality of […]
The Meriden Senior Center Building Review Committee soundly rejected an alternate plan to dramatically renovate its existing space at 22 W. Main St. and purchase a vacant building next door. The alternative plan would have cost significantly less than the approved $36 million proposal to build a senior center at 116 Cook Ave., City Manager […]
Some lanes of Route 15 in the city will be closed on Saturday. The Connecticut Department of Transportation will close lanes on Route 15 between the West Rocks Road overpass and Exit 38 between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. for state forces to conduct survey operations, according to a statement from the department. The closures […]
The Water Resources Development Act, aimed at improving the nation’s ports and harbors, inland waterway navigation, flood and storm protection, and other aspects of the nation’s water resources infrastructure, passed by a vote of 399 to 18. It now goes to the Senate, which is expected to add its approval before sending it on to […]
Following a public hearing that extended over three months, the Wallingford Planning & Zoning Commission on Monday approved a zoning text amendment that allows computer data centers to be developed in a watershed district. The application, submitted by West Granby-based Charter Development Group LLC, owned by partners Donald Gershman and Eric Brown, sought to amend […]
The fiscal accountability report, published Nov. 20, projected that Connecticut will issue $1.3 billion of Special Tax Obligation bonds to fund transportation in fiscal year 2026, and $1.4 billion in the next two fiscal years. In FY 2025, the state plans to issue $1 billion. Connecticut’s transportation bonds are issued from a Special Tax Obligation […]
East Hartford officials have decided against applying for a state Community Investment Fund grant in support of a massive, mixed-use redevelopment of its Founders Plaza office park. At least not for the latest round. The partnership behind the “Port Eastside” project has spent millions of dollars securing about 30 acres of the struggling office park […]
