Facing a likely vote by the city's Planning Board Tuesday night, Building and Land Technology withdrew a controversial license agreement that sought permission to use city land to build a 6-acre boatyard in Shippan. Planning Board Chairwoman Theresa Dell said BLT General Counsel John Freeman asked to withdraw the proposed agreement at the beginning of Tuesday night's regular meeting, at which the board was expected to consider whether to approve the agreement.
Officials question deal for recycling center
BRISTOL — A deal negotiated by Mayor Art with Covanta Energy to construct a recycling transfer station on city property near the company’s trash incinerator ran into trouble Tuesday after city councilors and Board of Finance members questioned it. The proposal called for the company to pay about $1.2 million toward construction of a $2 million building where recycling from a 12-town area would be taken in and then shipped out to a sorting facility in Berlin.
Jacobs Beach gets a new boardwalk
Construction has begun on the new Jacobs Beach Boardwalk, a 300-foot walkway intended to enhance the aesthetics of the beach area as well as the safety and convenience of the location.
With a total price tag of $364,933, the boardwalk, which is being constructed of durable ipe wood, will wrap around the bathhouse and head straight down the main crossing, connecting to the playground area. This design makes the area ADA compliant and handicapped accessible. It also increases the safety of toddlers and children who are using the playground, because they no longer have to go into the parking lot area to get to the restrooms.
A garage grows up
WESTBROOK - The garage is growing up. After months of being stuck at ground level, the new Town Garage at Route 145 near I-95 is finally growing-in elevation, that is. Last week workers from Diggs Construction were installing the roof on the new structural steel building. With the roof in place and the structure's shell water-tight, the crews then can begin work to finish the new garage facility's interior. "It appears as though the building and its interiors will be substantially completed by the third week of November," said Tony Marino, chairman of the Town Garage Building Committee.
Colchester voters reject building package
Colchester, Conn. — The $57 million proposal to renovate the William J. Johnston Middle School and build a new senior center and community space failed at the polls Tuesday by a wide margin.
The project was defeated 693 to 1993. It means the town must still address the needs at the existing middle school and the senior center, and officials said Tuesday that work would begin almost immediately.
WATERBURY — A Norwalk chemical company is negotiating to buy a 10-acre parcel in the city's Thomaston Avenue industrial park for $750,000. King Industries Inc. is offering to build a $50 million complex on a parcel at the Waterbury Industrial Commons, the former Chase Brass & Copper Co.