Tweed New Haven Regional Airport’s governing body got a good look Tuesday at the latest version of plans for the proposed new 81,568-square-foot terminal the airport wants to build on the East Haven side of Tweed, but it took place in a closed-door meeting. “I’m told it will be a week or two” before the plans a ready to share, said Tweed Authority Vice Chairman John Picard, who presided over what a staff member said was a 60 percent design review. It took place entirely in an executive session. The project, the cost for which has been estimated at between $70 million and $100 million, is on about 40 acres that formerly was used for Tweed’s now decommissioned cross-wind runway. The federal government approved a $4 million grant toward design costs for the new terminal in November. Tweed officials said in September — when the City Plan Commission granted a 36-month extension on a 2021 variance to the city’s flood prevention ordinance to allow Tweed to continue using temporary trailers — that construction is expected to be completed by the summer of 2027.

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Within a decade, enrollment at the University of New Haven’s Pompea College of Business has roughly tripled from about 700 students to 2,000, according to Dean Brian Kench. This month, university officials announced a $10 million gift from alumnus Dennis Martin, chairman of the board of Federal Signal Corporation, to support the estimated $45 million cost to build a new 80,000 square-foot building for the Pompea College of Business on the university’s main campus in West Haven. The exact location of the building has yet to be decided, but Kench said it would be near the intersection of Campbell Avenue and Ruden Street. Although the university has plans for the new building on campus, it’s roughly a third of its three-year $150 million fundraising goal for campus construction, renovations and improvements. UNH President Jens Frederiksen said the university is also seeking capital to refurbish its acquisition at the current Railroad Salvage site across the street at 1131 Campbell Ave., into a research and development center for the campus.

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The Board of Selectmen voted 2-1 Wednesday to give proposed data center developer NE Edge LLC permission to assign the host fee agreement it signed with the town in 2023 to a subsidiary company. Belmont, Mass.-based NE Edge has sought to build a data center consisting of two two-story buildings and a switchyard on 55 acres of the Millstone Power Station property. But so far it’s had trouble getting approval to do so. In order for the project to proceed through town boards and commissions for approval, Dominion Energy Nuclear Connecticut has to petition the Connecticut Siting Council, which oversees power-generating facilities in the state, to host the data center on its property. The host fee agreement opened the door for the town to host NE Edge data center at Millstone and called for NE Edge to pay the town $231 million over 30 years. McCoy said under the agreement, NE Edge has until March 2026 to obtain building permits or the project.

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East Hartford officials are considering an eight-year tax break worth an estimated $5.2 million to incentivize a 150-unit apartment development on a long-vacant property near the Connecticut River. Konover’s development site sits just behind East Hartford’s Great River Park along the Connecticut River. It is immediately west of the Academy of Computer Science and Engineering Middle School, a magnet school run by CREC. Konover’s site is also just south of the Founders Plaza office park, which a group of prominent developers is trying to redevelop into a mix of roughly 1,000 apartments, along with restaurants, retail and other commercial uses. East Hartford’s Town Council is expected to discuss the proposed tax abatement at its Tuesday night meeting. The Capital Region Development Authority last year approved a $6.5 million, low-interest bridge loan to help finance Simon Konover’s plan for an estimated $47.5 million apartment development on a 35-acre property at 341 East River Drive.

East Hartford considers 8-year, $5.2M tax break for 150-unit apartment development

Ticlon is proposing to re-zone its property on Long Swamp Road and Nike Road from residential to quarry zone so it can add the 83 acres to its existing basalt quarry operation. At the town Planning and Zoning Commission last week, Tom Daly of SLR Consulting – presenting the proposal for Tilcon – said the change would increase Plainville’s tax base. But residents at the meeting overwhelmingly opposed the change, saying they already endure the disruption and silica dust from Tilcon blasting at its existing site on the town line with New Britain. While many opposed the expansion, the Manafort Brothers wrote a letter in support of the change that was read in the meeting for the record.

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State legislators are considering a bill that would transfer Hartford’s 80-acre South Meadows property and $5 million to the Capital Region Development Authority. The site along the Connecticut River formerly was home to a garbage-to-energy plant operated by the quasi-public Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority. MIRA shut down the faltering plant in 2022 and local officials have been pushing to prep the site in Hartford’s industrial South Meadows neighborhood for redevelopment. House Bill 1559 has been raised by the state legislature’s Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee and will be discussed during a public hearing Monday.

CT bill would transfer Hartford’s South Meadows site, $5M to CRDA to oversee development

Mayor Paul K. Pernerkewski said Friday the city’s long search for a redevelopment partner for the former Anamet factory complex on South Main Street could be nearing a successful conclusion. Pernerewski said the city’s recruitment efforts were boosted by by the State Bond Commission’s approval Friday of an additional $5.3 million to support the continued environmental cleanup of the former industrial property abutting the Naugatuck River on South Main Street. The city issued its third request for proposals for redeveloping the former the campus of the Anamet network of factory buildings late last year. The former industrial complex at 698 S. Main St. was used for manufacturing from 1812 to 1977 by, in turn, Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co., American Brass Co., Anaconda American Brass Co., and ARCO. The mayor said the $5.3 million bond allocation approved Friday will help negotiations because the cleanup cost is such a major consideration.

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The nearly 60-year-old structure at 300 Congress St. is considered a cramped, outdated money pit that not only makes it more challenging for those within to do their law enforcement jobs but dampens the enthusiasm of those uniformed men and women. Mayor Joe Ganim’s administration is on the hunt for a consultant to kick off the planning and design process. Thomas Gaudett, the mayor’s chief operating officer, said the selected hire would perform a needs assessment of the force and rate potential new locations for a police headquarters, taking into account response times to emergency calls. The total price tag is not cheap. Ganim’s proposed five-year infrastructure spending plan pending before the City Council estimates borrowing $19 million by 2028 for construction.

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The city received a $10.4 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the design and construction of a floodwall around its wastewater treatment plant, Mayor Dorinda Borer recently announced. “When the plant, located on the ocean, gets flooded it compromises the system, the infrastructure breaks down and it’s costing us millions of dollars to repair and we’re millions of dollars behind on repairs,” Borer said. Thursday’s announcement came less than a week after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued a memorandum canceling the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program that initially allocated $47.5 million in additional funding for a coastline resiliency program in Bridgeport. The city had been ravaged by Superstorm Sandy and sought infrastructure upgrades. FEMA said in a statement that the BRIC program was “more concerned with political agendas than helping Americans affected by natural disasters.” West Haven’s funding is through FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Program, the city said.

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In its final meeting before the end of Connecticut’s fiscal year June 30, the State Bond Commission on Friday approved about $790 million in long-term borrowing for dozens of projects, from more than $32 million for planning and renovations to the Agricultural Experiment Stations laboratory in Windsor, to $171 million for statewide school construction. In a fast, 15-minute meeting in the Legislative Office Building, the committee dominated by Democrats, with no debate, approved $222 million for a variety of dwelling initiatives, including workforce housing and the Time to Own program, which offers forgivable loans to first-time home buyers. The 10-member commission also approved $80 million for the state Department of Economic and Community Development’s local investment fund for 35 projects.

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