The sparsely developed southeastern Connecticut town could be in line for one of the largest new residential complexes in recent memory if All of Us At North LLC gets to build the 700 to 920 apartments and townhouses that it’s proposing. The company, which owns more than 350 acres of mostly woodlands in the town of Montville, is trying to persuade Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration to borrow an estimated $20 million to $30 million to pay for enormous sewer and roadway improvements. All of Us at North argue that the move is justified because in addition to the statewide demand for more housing, the Greater New London region is in urgent need to accommodate rapid job growth. “There’s a particularly pressing need for additional housing in southeastern Connecticut due to the recent contract for Electric Boat to build the Columbia class ballistic missile submarine,” David Sherwood, attorney for the developer, told the planning and zoning commission Tuesday. “Electric Boat anticipates it will be hiring 8,000 workers in 2026. About 5,000 will be employed in Groton,” Sherwood said. “There’ll be a large influx of engineers, technicians and shipbuilders.” If it’s ultimately built, the massive project would require bulldozing dozens of acres of woodlands and could theoretically drive up the town’s population by 10%.
But the Massachusetts-based developer contends that when completed, the project would add $2.3 million in net tax revenue every year for Montville, and could generate $11 million in new sales for the town’s stores, restaurants, service businesses and others. The conceptual plan is for 100 to 120 townhouses and mid-rise apartments along Route 32, where sewers already exist. But 600 to 800 units — the vast majority of the project — would be constructed on more than 150 acres of woodlands in the town’s Uncasville section between Route 32 and the Thames River. That land has no sewers, and the company is seeking state aid to remedy that.

https://www.courant.com/2026/03/30/with-electric-boat-hiring-small-eastern-ct-town-could-face-massive-new-residential-complex/

As an electrician on Revolution Wind, Thomas Kilday climbed 500-foot turbine towers, worked in freezing winds and driving rain, and trained to escape a helicopter crash. But what he remembers most vividly from more than two years of working on the offshore wind farm about 15 miles off the coast are the sunsets. “One of the great beauties about being out there is you’re very far out, which is one of the downsides — you’re so far away from civilization,” said Kilday, who lives in Rhode Island. “But the nice part is the sunrises and the sunsets are gorgeous. There’s nothing out there for miles and miles.” The 704-megawatt Revolution Wind project recently began supplying electricity to homes in Connecticut and Rhode Island and is about 90% complete, with full operations expected in the second half of 2026. Developed by Ørsted, the wind farm will deliver enough electricity to the New England grid to power about 350,000 homes — or about 2.5% of the region’s electricity supply. Behind the power now flowing to the regional grid is the unheralded work of hundreds of skilled tradesmen — from millwrights and shipbuilders to carpenters, iron workers and electricians — who say they were drawn by the novelty of building one of the nation’s first large offshore wind farms and the chance to generate power for their communities. But their journey wasn’t smooth: Construction was halted twice by federal shutdown orders that cast uncertainty over the multibillion-dollar project and the workers building it. Still, many describe a deep sense of pride in playing even a small role in what they see as a historic achievement.

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/connecticut/article/ct-revolution-wind-workers-building-offshore-22091015.php

As plans for a 14-mile bridge across Long Island Sound stagnate at the state level, developer — and primary proponent — Stephen Shapiro is stepping up his campaign for what he admits is an extremely ambitious endeavor, one he believes will be an economic boon for the region. The prolific real estate developer, with projects completed, approved or in process in cities from Fairfield to Trumbull, Shelton to Newtown, has formed the Connecticut-Long Island Initiative, a non-profit advocate for infrastructure and transportation improvements between Connecticut and Long Island, N.Y. “This is the only tangible solution here in Connecticut to the worst traffic problem in the country,” Shapiro said. “The public overwhelmingly supports this,” added Shapiro citing online polls he has seen on the issue. “The people of Connecticut deserve to have voices heard. They deserve a stronger economy with more jobs, and most importantly less traffic so they can get home in time for dinner with their families.” The primary focus is talking up what he says are long-term benefits to constructing a bridge from Bridgeport to Sunken Meadow Parkway on Long Island. Plans could also include a rail component to accommodate both passenger and freight service.

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/ct-bridge-long-island-bridgeport-shapiro-22145429.php

Drivers can expect daytime lane intermittent closures to begin on the Gold Star Memorial Bridge on the Interstate 95 northbound and I-95 southbound in New London starting on Monday. There is also night work planned on the bridge starting next month, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation. According to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, starting on March 30, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on weekdays, drivers will experience temporary lane closures in the left and right lanes, alternately. Motorists are asked to reduce speed and follow signage.
There is also a traffic crossover night work expected on the bridge in Groton and New London starting on April 6. In preparation for northbound work on the bridge, the southbound side will shift into a new traffic alignment, according to the Department of Transportation. The new alignment will reduce the typical five southbound lanes to three. Workers will place a steel barrier on the southbound bridge to split the traffic in two directions. Two northbound travel lanes will be put in behind the steel barrier on the southbound side of the bridge. “A traffic crossover will be built to allow northbound I-95 traffic to cross over onto the southbound bridge and travel in northbound direction. A crossover is a temporary traffic setup that shifts vehicles from their normal side of the roadway to the opposite side so traffic can continue moving safely while construction is going on,” according to the CTDOT. The work will impact traffic on the northbound side of the bridge for the construction. When the work is done on the southbound side, the concrete barrier will be placed on the northbound of the bridge for reconstruction and traffic purposes.

https://www.courant.com/2026/03/30/ct-dot-major-rehabilitation-work-to-begin-on-interstate-95-bridge-what-to-know/

Mystic — Three and half years after a fire ravaged the Seaport Marine property, the owners of the 11-acre Washington Street marina property now plan a $13 million redevelopment. If approved, the project would not just replace what was destroyed in the fire, it would see major improvements to streets and sidewalks, improving public access and modernizing infrastructure. A four-alarm fire tore through the 11-acre marina property in November 2022, destroying a warehouse and home but leaving the 122 boat slips and facilities mostly untouched. The marina along the Mystic River is also home to the popular Red 36 restaurant, which was undamaged by the fire. “It’s really just an improvement of the facilities,” Seaport Marine General Manager Harry Boardsen said Tuesday.
The plans, received by the Planning Department March 17, include 2,100 linear feet of dock space, adding electrical vehicle chargers and 20-foot-wide sidewalks that will extend pedestrian access farther downriver from Mystic River Park. “We’re going to be able to carry that whole riverwalk even further down into Seaport Marine, so when you come across the drawbridge, you’ll be able to actually walk down the riverfront,” he explained. Plans also show that the project will fill in some missing sidewalk sections along Washington Street, which would complete the span of sidewalks running from Cottrell Street to Broadway Avenue and add some sidewalks south of Washington Street on Willow Street. “It’s definitely modernization and doing some nice things that the public will have access to,” Boardsen said. He said the work also includes putting in higher capacity electrical service and he hopes to be able to relocate some of the utilities underground. Boardsen explained that the impetus behind the project was to increase dock space for the marina’s transient docking patrons. The number of available slips in the 2,100 linear feet is not fixed, allowing the space to accommodate multiple sizes of vessels.

https://theday.com/news/870715/seaport-marine-plans-13m-redevelopment-in-downtown-mystic/

New London — Gov. Ned Lamont, flanked by other state and local cheerleaders for the nearly complete Revolution Wind project, took a victory lap Wednesday as they stood on the city’s waterfront and lauded the wind farm’s recent activation. As far as celebration sites go, it was likely hard to find a better backdrop for the day’s speeches. Lamont, Mayor Michael Passero, state representatives and union workers gathered at City Pier in the shadow of the under-construction National Coast Guard Museum and not far from State Pier where components for the 90% completed wind project were staged and assembled before being shipped to an installation site south of the Rhode Island coast. “That’s progress out there,” Lamont said, gesturing to the Wind Scylla turbine installation ship that was motoring through the Thames River and out to the newest wind farm, Sunrise Wind, being built in federal waters just south of Martha’s Vineyard. The Danish company Ørsted, which partnered with Global Infrastructure Partners’ Skyborn Renewables on the 704-megawatt Revolution Wind project, announced two weeks ago that the installation had begun delivering power to the New England electrical grid — a milestone that Wednesday’s speakers noted did not come without some complications. Lamont and state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes both decried project delays they blamed on President Donald Trump’s push to halt the project twice last year. Those directives — Dykes called them “illegal moves by the federal government” — were ultimately blocked after being challenged in federal court.

https://theday.com/news/870096/celebrating-a-wind-driven-energy-milestone-in-new-london/

It is predicted that the next two years will be solid ones for contractors taking on bridge construction projects at the state level. Taking advantage of the opportunity for federal dollars flowing out of a new bridge formula program, state DOTs also are capitalizing on highway program funds and discretionary grants to repair and replace bridges across the country. That means more future construction. ARTBA reports that bridges are a big focus for any state highway programs. The association logged more than 27,000 structures in need of repair or replacement. According to the association, states now have access to the full $26.6 billion available in the new bridge formula program over five years. “Unlike the core highway program, agencies have four years to commit these funds toward eligible projects,” said ARTBA. As of December 2025, states have committed $15 billion toward more than 7,350 projects, nearly 57 percent of available funds. “And, as projects get under way, states have been reimbursed for $8.5 billion in work completed,” it said. In its 2025 bridge report, ARTBA found that 220,295 spans across the country need repair. It noted that 74,472 actually should be replaced. The association logged approximately 222,000 bridges in need of repair in 2024 and more than 76,000 needing replacement. Of the bridges needing repair, 41,677 are rated in poor condition — down from 42,067 in 2024 — and classified as “structurally deficient,” reported ARTBA. “Motorists cross these structures 163 million times a day,” said Alison Premo Black, ARTBA’s senior vice president and chief economist. Premo Black tracked and analyzed the bridge data and found that California was among states that declined in the number of bridges in poor condition: Iowa, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Nebraska rounded out the top five with the biggest drop in poor-condition spans.

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The University of Connecticut has begun a major renovation of Gampel Pavilion, with the first phase of the project expected to be completed by November 2026. UConn’s athletic department said the multi-phase project will cost $99.4 million and is being funded through non-tax revenue generated by state-issued UConn 2000 bonds authorized by the General Assembly. Phase 1 includes a full roof replacement and the construction of a new basketball gameday suite. The suite will feature a recruiting lounge, sports medicine space, locker rooms for teams and coaches, a coaches’ lounge and conference room, an upgraded officials’ locker room, and a postgame press and meeting area. The university also plans to replace existing concession stands with grab-and-go options at the four corners of the arena bowl to reduce congestion and improve crowd flow. Future work is planned as part of a second phase, expected to begin in March 2027. That phase is expected to include new premium seating areas, donor-focused spaces intended to generate additional revenue, and expanded nutrition facilities for student-athletes. UConn has hired DPR Construction as construction manager, S/L/A/M Collaborative as lead designer, Legends Global as owner’s representative, and Jack Porter to design graphics for the basketball suite. Gampel Pavilion, located on UConn’s Storrs campus, is the primary home for the university’s men’s and women’s basketball programs.

https://hartfordbusiness.com/article/uconn-begins-99m-gampel-pavilion-renovation-project-unveils-new-renderings/

Montville — A Cape Cod developer wants to build nearly 1,000 apartments in central Uncasville, and the town estimates the sewer installation needed to support the project could cost up to $30 million. But that estimate is too expensive for the developer, All of Us At North LLC, according to a Tuesday memo from Land Use Director Dennis Goderre notifying the Planning and Zoning Commission of the company’s intent. The company’s registration shows an address in Hyannis, Mass., where its principals have a property development and management firm. So, the company is seeking state funding, Goderre said. Right now state officials are reviewing the funding request “and appear to be strongly considering this request for approval,” Goderre said. “The funding would be linked to housing, however the precise funding source is not clear to staff,” he added. No formal plans have been submitted to the town yet. The company is eyeing a stretch of land along Massapeag Side Road for the bulk of the development, between 600 and 800 units, close to the shore of the Thames River. It is bordered to the north by Teecomwas Drive and Driscoll Drive, and to its south by Derry Hill Road. The developer plans to build a number of affordable units, but did not say how many. That area is not currently served by the town sewer system. New sewers would need to stretch the length of Massapeag Side Road and Derry Hill Road to Route 32. Another part of the plan calls for up to 120 units split between two parcels on Route 32, one on the corner of Thomas Avenue and another farther north, not far from Mohegan Congregational Church. They’re in an area that already has access to public water and sewer systems.

https://theday.com/news/870368/developer-plans-almost-1000-apartments-in-uncasville/

NAUGATUCK — The borough will receive more than $2 million to enhance pedestrian walkability downtown as its the transit-oriented development continues to move forward. U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District, announced at a news conference Monday morning at Naugatuck Town Hall that she secured $2.5 million in federal Community Project Funding to support the downtown project. She was joined by Mayor N. Warren “Pete” Hess and other local and state officials. The funding will support improvements for multiple modes of transportation in the downtown area — including the construction of a pedestrian bridge, streetscaping, and development of a greenway along the Naugatuck River — as work continues on a new train station. DeLauro and Hess said they are excited about securing the funding. “It’s about connectivity and about vibrancy of a community,” DeLauro said. “It came at exactly the right time because we’re in the process right now of designing a pedestrian bridge that connects the west side of Naugatuck and the train station to the east side of Naugatuck, across the river, where we have parking right off the Route 8 on/off ramp,” Hess said. Hess said the borough is grateful for the funding, while DeLauro praised local officials for their vision to revitalize downtown. The proposed bridge would extend from the Hotchkiss Street area, where school buses park, to the site of the new train station. “It also enhances our greenway on the east side of the river,” Hess said. “So it connects the east and the west. It gives us more parking for downtown. It helps us with our greenway project for more walkability, and it’s just sort of the next big piece in where we’re going.”

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/waterbury/article/naugatuck-2-5m-pedestrian-bridge-downtown-project-22092488.php