Bridge project in Old Greenwich intensifies
Night work and road closures have commenced on the Old Greenwich railroad bridge replacement project.
Nighttime road closings have begun on Tomac Avenue. While the overnight work has yet to start on Sound Beach Avenue, it is likely to begin in coming days.
According to Frank Pettise, the senior civil engineer on the project, the night work will run periodically from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., but not simultaneously on the two spans.
Motorists are handling the new phase of the project in stride, though the impact of road closures will be greater once they begin on Sound Beach.
“No problems so far,” local resident Nina Sutton said Wednesday on her way to shop at Kings grocery store in Old Greenwich. “But it is kind of a mess.”
The president of the Old Greenwich Association, Meg Nolan van Reesema, said she has yet to hear about transportation problems in the community. “It’s been quiet. So far it hasn’t been invasive,” she said.
Van Reesema has been meeting with state officials and transportation authorities to gain as much information as possible, especially on the Sound Beach Avenue route, the main artery in the neighborhood. CLICK TITLE TO CONTINUE
UConn to raise ticket prices to pay for new athletic fields
STORRS >> UConn is planning to charge fans more for basketball and football tickets to fund the construction of new soccer, baseball and softball stadiums. Scott Jordan, the school’s chief financial officer, told trustees Wednesday that a surcharge of between $1 and $5 would be added to all athletic tickets to help raise the estimated $46 million to build the new facilities.
The school says the UConn Foundation expects it can only raise about $25 million toward that goal.
Jordan says the rest would be bonded, and paid back through the revenue generated by the ticket surcharge, which he estimates would bring in about $1.5 million a year.
Details of the plan, which will need board approval, have not been worked out. Jordan says the surcharge would not be applied to student tickets.
Bradley International Airport may hold the ace card in the competition to host Connecticut's third casino.Kevin Dillon, the executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority, said Wednesday that space at the Sheraton Hartford Hotel at the airport could be turned into an "interim casino" while a permanent gaming venue is built at Bradley.
Windsor Locks and three other municipalities — East Windsor, East Hartford and Hartford — have proposed locations for a satellite casino that would be jointly run by Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun. The push for the venue seeks to blunt competition — and a loss of revenue and jobs — posed by a $950 million casino now under construction by MGM Resorts International in nearby Springfield. The General Assembly will make the final decision on opening another casino.
"We do believe it could be up and running relatively quickly," Dillon said, after disclosing the option at a panel discussion in downtown Hartford on development along the I-91 corridor north of the city.
One estimate places the start-up time at about six months, Dillon said.Windsor Locks and three other municipalities — East Windsor, East Hartford and Hartford — have proposed locations for a satellite casino that would be jointly run by Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun. The push for the venue seeks to blunt competition — and a loss of revenue and jobs — posed by a $950 million casino now under construction by MGM Resorts International in nearby Springfield. The General Assembly will make the final decision on opening another casino.