CT Insider - Wed June 05, 2024
Down One Lane Already, Fairfield, Conn., Road Could Lose Two More in New Project
As Fairfield, Conn., prepares to lose a traffic lane from the western side of Post Road, an engineering consultant will soon determine whether the town will lose two more on its eastern edge. Tighe & Bond, a regional firm headquartered in Westfield, Mass., is set to start designing a pair of state roadway projects on Post and Stratfield roads in Fairfield with the aim of slowing motor vehicles and adding sidewalks, bike lanes, crosswalks and traffic signals to protect pedestrians and cyclists....
CT Insider - Thu May 23, 2024
Work Begins On New Admissions Center, Dining Facility at Conn.'s Choate Rosemary Hall
A year after approval by the Wallingford, Conn., planning and zoning commission, construction has begun on Choate Rosemary Hall's new admissions center and cafeteria expansion. The grounds for a new expanded admissions center at the corner of North Main and Elm streets are currently being cleared and earth is being moved on the central campus of the private, college-preparatory boarding school to make room for a 14,000-sq....
CT Post - Mon May 20, 2024
Two Old Bridges Carrying U.S. 1 Across Conn./N.Y. Border Slated to Be Replaced in 2026
With a new timeline in place to fix flooding problems along a river near the Connecticut-New York border, officials are now concentrating on making it safer for people walking in the area. Funding has been secured to replace two bridges on the lower end of the Byram River, while the bridge design contract was expected to be awarded in May, said James D'Ambrosio, a spokesperson of the New York District of the U.S....
CEG - Thu May 16, 2024
Sales Auction Company Holds 15th Annual Spring Sale
Sales Auction Company Inc. held its 15th annual two-day spring auction May 3 and 4, 2024, in Windsor Locks, Conn. The auction marked the largest to date, item-wise, and the second largest to date for total revenue ($9.68 million) for the company....
CEG - Thu May 09, 2024
VIDEO: Connecticut Officials Celebrate Rapid Reopening of I-95 Bridge After Destructive Fire
Connecticut officials on May 6 praised first responders and construction crews who worked through the previous weekend to get a stretch of Interstate 95 in Norwalk reopened to traffic following a tractor-trailer fire under the structure early on May 2....
CT Mirror - Mon April 29, 2024
Connecticut's ARPA Funding Has Led to Downtown Revitalizations in Many Towns
On a recent weekday at La Stella Pizzeria, tucked into a flatiron building at Main Street and Market Street in Norwich, Conn., lunch hour was buzzing. Many of the city's other historical storefronts along its downtown thoroughfares were empty and quiet — in some cases for over two decades — but nearly all hinted that some kind of transformation was under way....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Wed April 17, 2024
American Bridge Co. Leads Conn.'s East Haddam Swing Bridge Project
Construction of the East Haddam swing bridge, which carries Route 82 over the Connecticut River, began in fall 2022 and work is continuing on the project with a completion date of Feb. 25, 2025, according to CTDOT....
CT Insider - Wed April 10, 2024
Engineers Give Connecticut Residents An Idea of What West Hartford Center Will Like in 2026
As plans to revamp the West Hartford Center are under way, residents of the Connecticut city are now beginning to get an idea of what their buzzing center of town could look like in the future. "What we have in the center is very, very special," said West Hartford Town Manager Rick Ledwith at a project update meeting April 8....
Greenwich Time - Tue April 09, 2024
Greenwich YWCA in Connecticut Plans Addition, Upgrades to Facility Built in 1968
The YWCA Greenwich in Connecticut is set to make improvements to its facilities for domestic violence victims and build a 14,500-sq.-ft. addition to its building on East Putnam Avenue. A major renovation and upgrades to the athletic and educational spaces at the building, located at 259 E....
CEG - Thu April 04, 2024
W.I. Clark Holds Paving, Compaction, Milling Seminar
W.I. Clark held a paving, compaction and milling seminar March 20, 2024, at the Hawthorne Inn and Conference Center in Berlin, Conn. The seminar's goal was to provide local paving contractors and municipalities an update on new technologies available from the manufacturers that W.I....
