A Bethel couple wants to build a 30-unit apartment complex on Whitney Road. A public hearing will be held next month. Judy and Frank Saunders are seeking approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission for the development and associated improvements proposed for their property at 17 Whitney Road. After retiring from the excavating business, Saunders […]
Just over a month after withdrawing a zoning application to establish a new college in the North End for low-income students, partners Fairfield University and the Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocese are gauging public support for an alternative site. Increased traffic was one of the issues critics of the initial effort to locate Bellarmine at the […]
Several-dozen Morris Cove and East Haven neighbors of Tweed New Haven Regional Airport gave airport and city officials another earful about noise, traffic, fumes, too-late and too-early Avelo Airlines flights, saying neighborhoods on both sides of the airport are not suitable for expansion. The meeting at Nathan Hale School on Townsend Avenue was required as […]
Windsor Locks First Selectman Paul Harrington took the next step towards construction of the $65 million Windsor Locks Train Station last week by signing a project authorization letter. At the June 22 Board of Selectmen meeting, Harrington announced that construction on the state and federally funded project will begin in August and take around 18 […]
Windsor’s Planning and Zoning Commission has given Indus Realty tentative approval for a 248,000-square-foot distribution center on 59.6 acres near Bradley International Airport. Indus submitted its application in April, shortly before Windsor officials adopted stricter controls over warehouse and logistics permitting in the form of a special permit review. Indus Executive Vice President Tim Lescalleet […]
A new $210 million ground transportation center at Bradley International Airport is scheduled to open mid-July, state officials said. To celebrate the milestone, Connecticut Airport Authority officials, Gov. Ned Lamont and Department of Transportation Commissioner Joseph J. Giulietti are hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 30. The project broke ground in July […]
The board’s facilities and technology committee is recommending Hamden-based architectural firm Silver Petrucelli and Associates to conduct the study over Glastonbury-based SLAM Collaborative, the architect for the grade 7-12 Torrington Middle/High School project. Committee members heard presentations from the firms during a special meeting Monday. The full board is scheduled to meet at Torrington High […]
Lobbying groups representing manufacturers, construction contractors, and civil engineers joined dozens of industry groups on June 22 to criticize President Biden’s proposal to suspend the federal gas tax to combat sky-high fuel prices. The various coalitions argued that the effort will not bring relief to consumers at the pump and could adversely affect major transportation […]
Residents, parents and educators are invited to comment Tuesday night on a $379 million proposed school construction project that calls for four new elementary schools, major renovations to one middle school and relocating central offices. After state reimbursement, the project would cost Norwich taxpayers an estimated $149 million. The School Building Committee will hold a […]
The city’s Water Department is embarking on three major upgrades to its infrastructure, totaling about $26.7 million. New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart spoke to the Herald Monday about the projects, which are being funded through the department’s operating budget and loan/grant programs available to the city. City officials are applying for DWSRF funding to supplement […]
