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Dodd Stadium revamp tops $66.4M in state Community Investment Fund awards
A plan to turn Norwich’s Dodd Stadium into a year-round, multi-sport venue landed the largest award in the latest round of state Community Investment Fund grants. The Community Investment Fund 2030 Board on Tuesday recommended $8.1 million for the stadium, part of $66.4 million approved for 27 projects in Round 9. The board voted without opposition. The awards still need final approval. Gov. Ned Lamont will determine the funding mechanism for each project and recommend them to the state Bond Commission, according to Connecticut Sports Group. The Norwich Community Development Corp. will administer the grant and partner with Norwich Stadium Co., a Connecticut Sports Group subsidiary that will operate the city-owned ballpark under a multi-year lease starting in 2027. Connecticut Sports Group owns CT United FC, the MLS Next Pro team that signed on to play at Dodd after a plan for a Bridgeport stadium fell through, HBJ reported in May.
Waterford proposes road project to ease future EB traffic
Waterford — First Selectman Rob Brule is asking the state Department of Transportation to give the town land so it can build a new road that would connect the former Crystal Mall, soon to house thousands of Electric Boat workers, to Parkway North. Brule on Wednesday said the goal is to ease the traffic that could congest the area when EB eventually moves some of its growing workforce into the former mall. Electric Boat plans to use the former retail hub, which it acquired last year, for offices and training. It said this will open up more space for submarine manufacturing at its main facility in Groton. Brule said the state once planned to use the land to extend Route 11, which never made it past Salem. “The main piece of this idea (is to) give people another entrance and exit to the mall,” Brule said. DOT spokesperson Eva Zymaris said this week the agency has “received the request from the town, and an internal review is underway.” “No decision has been made,” Zymaris said, adding the department will share its response when it completes its review.
https://theday.com/news/925481/waterford-proposes-road-project-to-ease-future-eb-traffic/
Killingly continues review of two proposed warehouse projects
Killingly — The town’s Planning and Zoning Commission heard presentations from both developers looking to build warehouses at Putnam Pike and Westcott Road Monday night, before continuing the monthslong discussion on the proposed facilities to Oct. 19. Putnam Pike developer Killingly 1 LLC, proposing two warehouses of 178,750 square feet and 297,500 square feet at 90 Putnam Pike, said it would implement an 8-foot-high and 250-foot-long sound barrier fencing to prevent noise from traveling. This follows two warehouse sound studies on the construction and facility operations. Project Engineer Kevin Solli said most of the louder construction and rock crushing will be done toward the back of the property to reduce the sound. Acoustical engineer Marc Wallace said the results indicated adherence to all construction noise guidance criteria and state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection regulations. “Even though we have demonstrated compliance with your regulations and noise ordinance, we will take another look to see if there is anything further we can do,” Killingly 1 attorney John Knuff said. “Even in those instances if you might hear it from a greater distance, the mere fact you can hear something, doesn’t mean it exceeds the sound requirements.”
https://theday.com/news/925231/killingly-continues-review-of-two-proposed-warehouse-projects/
New Haven Union Station could look very different. Here’s what’s planned
Two separate projects planned for New Haven Union Station stir passengers to imagine a completely different experience entering the station, making their way to the platforms and waiting for their train. Past the station’s front doors will be a revamped atrium that has a bar and café in the center and a winding staircase leading to another bar on the mezzanine level. To fill the time before their train arrives, riders will have more than a dozen different retail and dining options to choose from within the station. Then they’ll pass through an updated pedestrian tunnel as they head to an extended platform covered by a new canopy system. But it will take some years for all those plans to come to fruition. The interior renovations as well as exterior repairs to the station and its parking garage are expected to be completed by 2029. The overhaul of the platforms is expected to start that year, and it is unclear how long that construction work will take. Meanwhile, there are also plans to build housing next to and across from the station in the coming years and to make improvements at New Haven’s other train station on State Street.
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/new-haven-union-station-overhaul-plans-22443742.php
Montville officials again push for large commercial project near school
Montville — The Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled Tuesday to consider a proposal by the town to lease a portion of the road that leads to Mohegan Elementary School to a commercial developer. State law requires the commission to review any transfer of property by the town and issue a report. Mayor Leonard Bunnell is asking the commission to allow the town to lease a portion of PTA Lane in Uncasville to Dominic Carpionato, a Rhode Island-based commercial developer whose previous attempt to develop the land for a “large-format” operation voters defeated in July. In July, voters were asked to transfer the road to Carpionato. Bunnell is making the request without disclosing any details about the project Carpionato wants to build. The only information that has been released is that it will provide jobs and tax revenue with no specifics. Bunnell, who could not be reached to comment Monday, asked the commission to make a decision Tuesday. If the lease is approved, Carpionato would realign PTA Lane at his own expense. This will maintain two-way public access from Route 32 to the school, “with no change in location of access” to Route 32 and the school, Land Use Director Dennis Goderre wrote in a memo to the commission.
Allen Street Flooding Fix Could Take Up to Four Years
NEW BRITAIN — City officials outlined the next steps in the proposed multimillion-dollar solution to replace the roughly 100-year-old storm and sewer pipes under Allen Street — an area known in colonial times as the “Great Swamp” — at City Hall Thursday night. New Britain’s director of public works, Mark Moriarty, told residents, “what we’re really trying to do here is stop flooding and to stop sanitary sewer issues — that’s the crux of the project.” Allen Street’s century-old 24-inch clay pipes lack the capacity to handle water, which has led to chronic flooding in the area. City officials said they plan on installing new 66-inch pipes in the area which could help decrease flooding. Moriarty estimated the construction for the storm and sanitary sewer would take about two full construction seasons, and projected an overall timeline of three to four years. Other work will include road reconstruction, water main replacement, as well as sidewalk and curb installation. Construction cannot begin until the city receives an authorization letter as well as a project review from the state Department of Transportation.
https://ctexaminer.com/2026/09/20/allen-street-flooding-fix-could-take-up-to-four-years/
Univ. of New Haven to break ground on $45M business college building
The University of New Haven will break ground Friday on a four-story, 50,000-square-foot building for its Pompea College of Business, backed by more than $25 million in gifts from two university alumni and their families. The building will be constructed at the corner of Campbell Avenue and Ruden Street, at the southeast entrance to the university’s West Haven campus. The university has described the site, which sits at a major campus crossroads, as a new gateway to the school. The Pompea College of Business moved from the university’s satellite campus in Orange to West Haven in fall 2025. The new building will give the college a dedicated home on the main campus. The principal gifts came from Dennis and Barbara Martin and Charles and Tamera Pompea. Martin, the former CEO and board chair of Illinois-based Federal Signal Corp., made a $10 million leadership gift to the project in April 2025. In July, the Martins pledged another $5 million challenge gift, which will be fulfilled if other donors collectively match it. The university said it is nearing that goal.
State Siting Council grants Plainfield intervenor status in trash plant proposal
Plainfield — The state Siting Council voted Thursday to grant the town’s request for party and intervenor status and schedule an Oct. 22 public hearing on the waste-to-energy trash plant.
The decision means the town will now have a seat at the table when discussing whether to approve the widely opposed facility near the intersection of Norwich Road and Black Hill Road, which plans to convert municipal solid waste into 45 megawatts of electric power and renewable natural gas. The town was also granted Connecticut Environmental Protection Act intervenor status, which allows any person or group to join a state administrative proceeding in Connecticut to raise environmental concerns. In a Sept. 2 letter to the Siting Council, the town’s attorney Ann Catino listed Plainfield’s concerns on how the facility would impact air, water, wildlife, noise and traffic. The letter also lists the state-listed protected species known to live on or near the property.
Stamford Hospital expansion plan raises neighborhood concerns over traffic and safety
STAMFORD — Plans for a new cancer-care unit at Stamford Hospital are raising concerns from the neighborhood about traffic congestion and pedestrian safety. Stamford Health is seeking approvals for major construction at its campus off West Broad Street from the city’s Zoning Board. The existing Bennett Cancer Center would be relocated to a new, 73,000-square-foot building. In addition, Stamford Health’s behavioral health unit and inpatient rehabilitation program would be relocated, with behavioral health moving into the existing cancer center building. Stamford Health is seeking approvals for major construction at its campus off West Broad Street from the city’s Zoning Board. The existing Bennett Cancer Center would be relocated to a new, 73,000-square-foot building. Stamford Health’s behavioral health unit and inpatient rehabilitation program also would be relocated, with behavioral health moving into the existing cancer center building. The project would increase parking on the campus from 1,400 to 1,696 spaces. It would include a new 355-space parking garage and additional surface lots.
Developer wants more housing in Enfield MassMutual redevelopment as part of first site plan
ENFIELD — The developer behind a planned revamp of the MassMutual site is seeking 23 more housing units in its “phase one” site plan. Branford-based MB Financial Group wants to redevelop the office campus at 85 and 100 Bright Meadow Blvd., a 65-acre site formerly home to insurance company MassMutual, into a mixed-use complex with as many as 487 apartments and condominiums and some 12,000 square feet of commercial space. The developer filed a site plan application, formally received by the town last week, for “phase one” of the planned development. A project narrative included with the application states that the approved master plan included a total of 157 new construction townhouse units, but the developer is now seeking to build 180. With 178 apartments to be built in the three vacant office buildings, the total count would be 358 housing units, representing a 14.5% increase in the overall site density. The remaining housing included in the approved master plan is a potential new construction apartment building that would have five stories and 129 units.
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