Under a term sheet signed late last year with Sacyr Rooney, which would lead the $330 million-plus modernization of Hartford’s Mid-Connecticut plant, the quasi-public Materials Innovation Recycling Authority (MIRA) was responsible for securing commitments from municipalities by June 1 for at least 650,000 tons of annual waste shipments. MIRA surveyed the approximately 50 municipalities the plant serves, ultimately concluding it couldn’t secure the commitments needed. While the odds appear long, the project is not technically dead, according to MIRA Executive Director Thomas Kirk. Wednesday’s abrupt end of the legislative session threw the project’s future into further doubt, as MIRA had hoped to secure a $330 million bonding commitment or some other form of public financing, such as a long-term power purchase agreement.
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