Connecticut is poised to receive billions of dollars in additional federal transportation funding for rail and bus projects, bridge and road repairs, carbon emissions reduction efforts, new electric vehicle charging stations and other initiatives.
Waterbury-based Webster Bank has hired Nick Weaver to expand its work in the transportation and logistics industry.
President Joe Biden drew a red line on his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan Wednesday, saying he is open to compromise on how to pay for the package but inaction is unacceptable.
Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments.
A key legislative committee on Wednesday advanced Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont’s effort to have Connecticut formally adopt the regional Transportation and Climate Initiative Program.
President Joe Biden hopes to would unleash $2 trillion in new spending on four main hard infrastructure categories – transportation; public water, health and broadband systems; community care for seniors; and innovation research and development.
President Joe Biden will lay out the first part of his multitrillion-dollar economic recovery package this week, focusing on rebuilding roads, bridges and other infrastructure
Letting businesses and developers operate with more flexibility is a common theme of the Hartford planning and zoning commission’s approach to land-use planning during the tenure of Sara Bronin, a member since 2013 and its current chair.
Connecticut’s governor says he expects a comprehensive infrastructure funding package to pass the legislature in February.
Connecticut and AT&T have signed a deal designed to improve cellular service on the Metro North commuter rail line.
A key bloc of Connecticut state lawmakers, Senate Democrats, told Gov. Ned Lamont on Wednesday they like many of the projects in his new, 10-year transportation improvement plan, but they don’t like relying on tolls to partially pay for them.
Gov. Ned Lamont officially unveiled his latest transportation improvement plan Thursday, expressing a willingness to compromise, but noting an urgency to finally address Connecticut’s long-standing transportation challenges.
Gov. Ned Lamont’s latest transportation improvement proposal limits new tolling to 14 specific bridge, interchange and highway projects, and sets in motion a possible fully functioning airport in south-central Connecticut. It also invests millions in new commuter rail cars and public buses.
Despite reducing the number of toll gantries in his soon-to-be-released plan to fund much-needed repairs to the state’s transportation, Gov. Ned Lamont appears not to have been able to quench the fires of opposition that doomed his last plan.
Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont says he’s meeting privately with legislative leaders all week to discuss his preliminary transportation plan.
In his address to the Stamford Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting, Gov. Ned Lamont said he was eager to reach a deal with legislators to find funding for transportation upgrades.
State and local officials will learn more about low-cost federal loan options, a concept Connecticut Gov Ned Lamont is considering as he reboots his stalled transportation plan that had relied heavily on highway tolling.
Gov. Ned Lamont may be ripping up his so-far-failed approach to reform Connecticut’s transportation system, but a political lobby group is trying to make sure tolls aren’t a part of the governor’s transportation plan 2.0.
Connecticut’s municipal leaders are raising concerns about the lack of state borrowing authorizations, noting the slowdown has affected local repaving and other transportation-related projects.
Gov. Ned Lamont said he would redirect money borrowed by the state towards transportation projects if the state legislature can’t approve a plan to toll vehicles on Connecticut’s highways.
