Cianbro-Middlesex Leads WALK Bridge TIME-2 Project in Norwalk
By Ken Liebeskind CEG CORRESPONDENT
As construction work continues on the WALK bridge, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) launched the TIME-2 project that involves the rebuild or renovation of four additional bridges on or near the Metro-
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CTDOT’s Track Improvement Mobility Enhancement TIME-2 Project is a subcomponent of the WALK bridge replacement project.
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Skanska Completes $89M Renovation, Addition of UNH’s Spaulding Hall in Durham
awarded by the University of New Hampshire, was completed in three phases.
Skanska, a global construction and development firm, announced the completion of the $89 million, 130,000-sq.-ft. renovation and addition project for University of New Hampshire’s Biological Sciences Building, Spaulding Hall, located at the heart of the university’s campus in Durham, New Hampshire.
Designed by architects Ellenzweig to be LEED Silver certified, the project, awarded by the University of New Hampshire, was completed in three phases, which included 82,500 sq. ft. of renovations and 47,500 sq. ft. of additions to the space, providing new teaching and learning facilities for Biochemistry, Cell Culture, Medical Laboratory Science, Anatomy and Physiology, Ecology, Organismal Biology, and Neuroscience, as well as research and core lab facilities, and support spaces.
The renovation and addition project includes new teaching and learning facilities for Biochemistry, Cell Culture, Medical Laboratory Science, Anatomy and Physiology, Ecology, Organismal Biology and Neuroscience, as well as research and core lab facilities and support spaces.
“The successful partnership with Skanska and Ellenzweig teams for the Spaulding Hall Renovation Project created both teaching and research labs allowing the University to deliver state of the art learning opportunities, positioning student for successful entry into the workforce,” said Kenneth Weston, executive director of campus stewardship and university architect at University of New Hampshire.
“We’re thrilled to celebrate the completion of another significant renovation for the University of New Hampshire,” said Bryan Northrop, executive vice president of Skanska USA Building’s New England region. “This project not only gave our team the unique opportunity to work closely with Ellenzweig and the project’s engineers to ensure Spaulding Hall was designed to support the University’s Science Program, but also allowed us to utilize our extensive experience in sustainable building to install a central plant energy system that increases efficiencies throughout the new and renovated facilities.”
“We share Skanska’s excitement on another successful project at the University of New Hampshire. The new Spaulding Hall addition and renovation, adjacent to Rudman Hall [designed by Ellenzweig and dedicated in 1996], reflects our ongoing commitment to the UNH campus. This project, and our continued partnership with Skanska, further
strengthens our relationship with UNH, paving the way for many future collaborations,” said Michael Nipoti, principal, Ellenzweig.
The project involved significant coordination with management to install new steam, chilled and hot water services, and Skanska worked with the project engineer to investigate and ultimately select a Konvekta system to be installed into the new air handling units. This system not only reduced the amount of preheat steam for the outside air but also was used as part of a chilled water recovery loop which eliminated the need for satellite chillers in the building and resulted in greater energy recovery for not only waste heat but displaced cooling.
In addition to the piping installed, Skanska oversaw the installation and rearrangement of campus power distribution and telecommunication duct banks.
This project builds upon Skanska’s previous work for the University of New Hampshire which includes the $30 million, 95,000-sq.-ft. expansion and renovation of its historic Hamilton Smith Hall, and the $48 million, 217,000-sq.-ft. multi-phased renovation of Kingsbury Hall, an addition to the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences building.
Skanska began construction in 2019.
(Photos courtesy of Ellenzweig.)
Alta Equipment Names New Rental Coordinator in Conn.
Alta Equipment announced that Randy Hoffmann has accepted the position of rental coordinator at the company’s Berlin, Conn., location.
Previously, Hoffmann was employed by one of the national rental chains.
“We are thrilled that Randy [Hoffmann] has decided to bring his knowledge and expertise to the Alta Equipment organization,” the company said.
In his role as rental coordinator, Hoffmann will manage many of the details involved in rental transactions, including setting up accounts, handling logistics and delivery, ensuring that proper insurance policies are in place and making arrangements for pick-up at the end of the rental. Hoffmann also will work with customers to determine what piece of equipment is ideally suited for the job at hand.
From its Berlin, Conn., location, Alta Equipment offers a wide assortment of equipment for various applications, including paving, demolition, agricultural, snow and ice removal, as well as aerial lifts, landscape and maintenance machines, power systems and aggregate equipment.
Designed by architects Ellenzweig to be LEED Silver certified, the project,
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Concord, N.H., Begins Work On Arts Alley; Gov. Signs Water Bill
An ambitious project that would bring multiple restaurants to Main Street in Concord, N.H., broke ground in late July.
The Concord Monitor reported July 27 that the development, dubbed “Arts Alley,” includes a two-story building between the Bank of New Hampshire Stage and the Concord Food Co-op that will house a Friendly Toast, along with an outdoor eating area, and transform the existing Norris Bakery and Homestead Stable Building into “Duke’s,” a Nashville-inspired restaurant and bar with a focus on live music.
The project is being spearheaded by Concord developer Steve Duprey and his company, Duprey Hospitality.
The concept went through multiple iterations that initially included housing before the final plans got the green light from the city last winter, according to the Monitor.
A formal groundbreaking was held July 24, and construction is scheduled to finish by April of next year.
The Friendly Toast, a regional chain serving brunch favorites, is the flagship of the development. Above it will be a 5,000-sq.-ft. events space designed for corporate and private events of up to 150 people.
The third-floor rooftop will become the South Main Street Surfer Bar, an outdoor space with firepits and a bocce ball court around an Airstream camper that was converted into a full-service bar.
The main artery and namesake of the project is the alleyway along the Bank of New Hampshire Stage building, which will pull pedestrian traffic into a courtyard with art installations between the Friendly Toast building and Duke’s.
Behind the main building, the outdoor three-season courtyard will host a 1942 Silk City Dingman Diner, once owned by the late Michael Dingman, a renowned New Hampshire businessman and philanthropist.
The beautifully restored diner, considered one of the country’s best, will be designed for private wine nights, retirement parties, birthday celebrations and pop-up special event dinners and parties.
Renderings of the project show a modern aesthetic and neon color scheme — the stable building is set to be painted purple — and Duprey and other project leaders have said that they want the project to bring added energy and artistic atmosphere to Main Street.
The developers described it as something that will enhance “the cultural tapestry of downtown Concord with its bright colors, colorful murals and lively atmosphere.”
“Our experience at the Grappone Center shows there’s a demand for additional meeting space that offers a high level of service,” said Pam Bissonnette, COO of Duprey Hospitality. “This will allow us to expand
Scheduled for completion by April 1, 2025, this PROCON-designed and built facility will be a transformative venture that will infuse new life into downtown Concord with a blend of restaurant, entertainment and upscale event spaces.
our offerings in the central New Hampshire region. We think this will be a premier event space, complemented by fun dining and entertainment venues.”
The South Main Street site had been the home of the 1860 Norris House, a green mansion associated with a Civil War-era bakery, the nation’s first woman-run independent movie theater, and Concord’s first YMCA.
The Norris House’s appearance and history led to multiple efforts to save it — including by Duprey — that ultimately failed due to how expensive it would be to relocate the building. While historic fixtures and artifacts were preserved, the structure was torn down in May.
The carriage house that will be renovated into Duke’s, the live music tavern, also is a historic Norris building dating back to 1854.
PROCON, a fourth-generation designbuild firm based in nearby Hooksett, N.H., is constructing the facility with the aim of infusing new life into downtown Concord. The company’s fully integrated team has received national recognition over its 90 years in business for its outstanding designbuild delivery system.
“This project is designed to work in complement with the other arts venues in Concord,” added Bissonnette. “Our team is very excited about what Arts Alley will bring
to downtown Concord.”
New Bill Strengthens N.H.’s Water Infrastructure
In a press release from his office, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu signed State Bill 393 into law on July 26 to make an appropriation to the state’s Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) in order to fund regional drinking water infrastructure.
The monies provided by SB 393 initiated Phase 2 of the Southern New Hampshire Regional Water Project, according to the statement. With the additional $6.5 million in funding from the legislation, the state has spent more than $350 million on clean drinking water infrastructure and projects since 2017.
“From day one, my administration has been focused on ensuring Granite Staters have clean drinking water when they turn on their faucets,” Sununu said. “Our work continues through this bill with even more funding directed to strengthening New Hampshire’s water infrastructure.”
Communities and water systems in the southern part of the state “have come together in an historic manner to cooperate in the regional management of water resources,” he added.
According to the news release, those
municipalities earlier coordinated to build the first phase of the Southern New Hampshire Regional Water Supply Interconnection Project, which today supplies 1 million gal. per day of drinking water supply to local residents in the region.
As a result, the communities now have an agreement in place to increase their water supply to 3.13 million gal. per day as part of the project’s second phase.
The funding from SB 393 also will pay for the design of all ancillary projects needed as well as the construction of chemical feed at existing water storage tanks in Derry and Salem, and potentially increase the amount of water available from the Manchester Water Works reservoir, a major source of drinking water for the region.
“Investing in regional drinking water infrastructure in southern New Hampshire is critical to address the occurrence of widespread [synthetic chemical, or PFAS] contamination, reoccurring droughts, and increased water demands,” said Robert Scott, commissioner of the NHDES.
“The state and water systems in southern New Hampshire have worked very hard to improve the resiliency and reliability of water supply in [the region] by cooperating in the regional management of water resources. This additional funding is critical in continuing the work.”
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Floods Prompt Vt. Sen. Welch to Ask Congress for Federal Aid
Vermont residents awakened Aug. 1 to a quieter weather forecast with no flood warnings following another round of destructive storms earlier in week.
Even before floodwaters receded, though, the state’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Peter Welch asked Congress to pass a disaster aid package that would help communities across Vermont cope with the disaster as well as other areas of the country battling wildfires, floods, hurricanes and tornadoes.
Downpours inundated parts of Vermont and New Hampshire on the night of July 31. St. Johnsbury, Vt., which got more than 8 in. of rain the day before, saw less than an inch the following day, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott stated at a news conference earlier in the day that the latest storms to hit his state have undone much of the cleanup and recovery work from its last major round of flooding only weeks ago, and he called on residents to “stick together.”
“This time, it’s especially bad after workers spent the past three weeks working furiously to recover from the last flooding,” Scott noted. “It feels much worse than a punch or a kick. It’s simply demoralizing. But we can’t give up. We’ve got to stick together and fight back against the feeling of defeat.”
CBS News reported the week’s rampage of destructive weather began on Monday
night, July 29 when parts of northern Vermont were hit with devastating flash floods, causing extensive damage to roads, bridges and railroads in the area.
“The Northeast Kingdom got hit very hard during last night’s storm,” the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) posted to Facebook. “The heavy rain and flooding struck without warning, and the damage is severe.”
The Northeast Kingdom covers more than 2,000 sq. mi. and is bordered by northern New Hampshire and Canada.
State officials said preliminary information indicated that 50 homes were destroyed or suffered considerable damage, the Associated Press said in an Aug. 1 report. More than half a dozen roads were closed, a lightning strike knocked out St. Johnsbury’s water system, and flooding had contaminated several wells that serve the village of Lyndonville.
In Washington, Welch pushed Congress to pass a supplemental disaster aid package.
“We can’t recover without that federal help,” he said on the Senate floor the evening of July 31. “I just can’t stress this enough. We need Congress to step up. And we need the help of all of us here because well, it’s Vermont this time, it may be New Hampshire next time. It may be Texas next month. And I believe all of us have to help one another when an event occurs causing such harm to people we represent. And it’s
through no fault of their own.”
VTrans said roads and bridges that were wrecked by the remnants of Hurricane Beryl earlier in July had just reopened, “and now those same communities are once again dealing with devastating damage.”
The tropical storm’s floodwaters destroyed roads and bridges and inundated farms and came exactly a year after a 2023 bout of severe flooding hit Vermont and several other states.
‘There Are Huge Craters’
In Lyndonville, about 40 mi. north of the state capital city of Montpelier, Deryck Clyburn said a neighbor who lives along a brook pounded on his door before dawn on July 30.
“I went down the road to her house, and there was no road,” he told an AP reporter. “There was just a river.”
A number of vehicles were trapped by crumbled roads, mud, fallen trees and other debris in Lyndonville.
Most of the rain fell in that area and in St. Johnsbury, about 10 mi. to the south. Police issued a “shelter in place” advisory early on July 30 for St. Johnsbury. At least 5 in. of rain fell farther north around the community of Morgan, near the Canadian border.
“We sent swift water rescue teams to the area overnight, and those teams conducted approximately two dozen rescues,” Mark
Bosma, a spokesperson of the Vermont Emergency Management agency, said to WBZ-TV, the CBS affiliate in Boston.
Vanessa Allen, a St. Johnsbury resident, said she knew there was a possibility of rain, but was not counting on such an excessive amount.
Her home was situated between two road washouts, leaving her unable to leave. The roads were pockmarked and covered in debris. Nearby, Allen said, a house was off its foundation and blocking a street.
“It looks apocalyptic. There are huge craters, and the water is still rushing down the road now,” she said at midday on July 30. “It’s just all unbelievable how bad the roads are. We’re trapped. We can’t go anywhere.”
As a result, several roads in northeast Vermont were listed as closed due to high water, washouts and flood damage.
The state has experienced four flooding events in the last year, and the combination of climate change and the Vermont’s mountainous geography has played a big part in that, according to Peter Banacos, a science and operations officer with the Burlington, Vt., office of the NWS.
Greater rainfall and greater moisture availability have made the state and its steep terrain more susceptible to flooding, he said. Additionally, Vermont’s soil also has been more frequently saturated, and that increases the possibility of flooding.
Private School in Wallingford Proposes Building New Bridge
A 17-ft.-tall pedestrian bridge over Christian Street may be coming to Wallingford, Conn., after the town council recently gave Choate Rosemary Hall approval to proceed on the planning.
The bridge would keep students at the prestigious co-ed boarding and day school safe while eliminating traffic backups due to pedestrian crossings, providing a link between Choate’s north and south campuses — namely the sports field, school representatives told CT Insider.
It is part of Choate’s overall effort to reduce traffic and congestion across the center of campus. School representatives noted how they have reconfigured paths to steer away from the four-way intersection, installed flashing beacons and moved the locations of events to keep Christian Street as clear as possible.
If constructed, the bridge would span between the sports fields and Rosemary Lane, an outlet road further east along the campus, and connect the southern sports facilities with the parking lots to the north.
“Over the years, during approval processes for several recent campus projects, we have heard from the community and our neighbors their concerns regard-
ing parking, congestion and pedestrian traffic in and around campus,” explained Alison Cady, Choate’s chief communications officer. “Unfortunately, the area’s sight lines aren’t conducive to an at-grade crosswalk. Therefore, the elevated pedestrian crossbridge is a potential solution to move pedestrians safely across the street.”
Though no renderings have yet been presented, as the project remains in a preliminary stage, it is planned to be made with a hardy weather-resistant wood and be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). That means there will be large ramps on either side of the bridge to allow wheelchairs to cross over Christian Street freely and safely.
CT Insider noted that if future, more detailed plans for the pedestrian bridge are approved by Wallingford’s town council later this year, the construction is anticipated to take around three months. It will give direct access to the overflow parking lot used to accommodate vehicles for nearby sporting events. That surface lot is expected to contain more vehicles following the reduction in aboveground parking as a result of the ongoing
construction of Choate’s underground parking garage and new admissions facility.
Council Members, Residents Voice Their Opinions About Bridge
Wallingford Town Council members generally seemed open to the footbridge project at its last meeting in July, the CT Insider reported, seeing it as a crucial step in the continuing efforts to increase pedestrian safety along Christian Street.
“I’m in favor, and I applaud you for trying to clean up that mess because it is a little harrowing trying to come through [where] you’ve got two teams leaving and two teams coming at the same time,” said Councilor Tom Laffin. “So that’s 11 to 14 kids on a soccer team, their siblings, the parents, equipment, and it just gets really crazy.”
Dave Rodriguez, a local resident representing the Wallingford Soccer Club, also spoke in favor of Choate’s project, saying it would clear up safety concerns along the busy road. He added that many drivers must slow down sharply when coming over the hill to avoid students and their families crossing the street during the late evening game hours.
“This access is critical,” he said. “We have a situation, especially in the fall, where it gets dark at 5 o’clock, practice is let out, and there’s people crossing at all angles. So, this is a huge safety enhancement I’m in favor of, and the club is in favor of.”
Others encouraged more interaction between Choate and the public.
While there was recognition of Choate’s value to the community, there seemed to be a desire on the part of many citizens for increased transparency about the school’s plans and establishing a community authority to better discuss them.
Some even wished for the Wallingford Town Council to hinge the approval of the project on a stipulation that Choate had to become part of an authority and reach out to nearby residents with their construction plans.
Councilor Craig Fishbein, however, felt that it was not the town’s place to enforce that sort of stipulation and would not be fair to the school.
While no official action was taken on the project, it is expected that Choate representatives will return in the coming months to seek the town council’s official vote on the aerial easement for the bridge.
Southern N.H. Sees Flurry of Highway Work This Summer
From Londonderry to Manchester and Bedford to Nashua, it has been a busy summer of highway construction in the southern portion of New Hampshire, with crews working on new bridges, new lanes and new exits.
Major work on two of the state’s busiest roadways, Interstate 93 and the F.E. Everett Turnpike, has recently reached key milestones and merged into their next phases.
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) said that construction on I-93’s Exit 4A in Londonderry, and its connecting road in Derry, remain on schedule.
Additionally, the stretch of the Everett Turnpike from northern Nashua to Merrimack and the Bedford tolls also are in full swing and on time, state transportation officials told the News Leader.
All segments of Exit 4A segments should be substantially complete in 2027, the news source reported Aug. 11, and the Everett widening construction should be substantially complete in 2028.
“The [Exit 4A] project is going well,” noted Richard Arcand, a spokesperson of NHDOT. “The bridge, sound walls, ramp work and other tasks are on schedule and should be finished this fall.”
He added, however, that the Exit 4A ramps and bridge will not be opened until all of the other segments of the projects are completed.
Construction bids for the next phase, which involves widening Folson Road in Derry, were due Aug. 15. The state agency expects the work on Folsom Road to begin late this year or early in 2025.
Initial planning for Exit 4A started in the mid-1980s. State and local officials hope the project will reduce congestion on New Hampshire Highway 102, improve safety, spark economic growth and relieve traffic on secondary roads in and around Derry.
Everett Turnpike to Undergo Road Expansions
The Everett Turnpike is a 44-mi. tollway that runs from the Massachusetts border north to Concord, N.H. Along the way, the route overlays several other roads, including U.S. Highway 3 to N.H. 101A in Nashua, and from there N.H. 101 in Bedford. There, the toll road connects with I-293 and continues almost 8 mi. north to Hooksett, where the turnpike picks up I-93 and travels an additional 12 mi. to its terminus just south of Concord.
By the end of the summer, drivers should be able to cruise easily in each direction from the I-293 interchange to the Bedford tolls on the Everett Turnpike, Arcand said, due to upgrades to the highway.
He added that the widening of the turnpike’s northern segment from two lanes to three in both directions, from just north of the Bedford tolls to the I-293 interchange, is “substantially complete.”
Construction crews are now performing work on the middle segment of the Everett Turnpike to expand the roadway to three lanes in each direction from the Exit 12 overpass in Merrimack to the Exit 13 interchange and on to the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport and U.S. 3 in Bedford.
That project will continue through summer 2025, according to Arcand.
Looking ahead, construction also has gotten under way from Exit 8 in Nashua to just south of Exit 10 in Merrimack. New bridges over Baboosic Lake Road and Wire Road, in addition to widening the two-lane section from Exit 11 to Exit 12, are expected to start next year, the Union Leader reported.
In Manchester, the NHDOT has highway crews repairing the I-93 bridge at Exit 8.
“We hope to shift traffic to the repaired lanes and reopen the northbound off-ramp after Labor Day,” Arcand explained.
Work on the I-93 bridge is expected to wrap up next summer or in the fall of 2025, he added.
Stone is placed for roadway widening.
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With Acquisition, Quality Fleet Service Expands to Cover Essex, Suffolk Counties
“This expansion is particularly significant for Quality Fleet Service in a number of ways,” said Moynihan. “We have been a Hyundai dealer for a number of years and have had great success with the product. As a result, we have been looking to expand our territory. Moving forward, our territory now includes Essex and Suffolk counties in Massachusetts, in addition to our traditional market.”
Moynihan is enthusiastic about representing the Liebherr product line, which is entirely new to his organization.
“We have been trying to add Liebherr to our lineup for a number of years,” he said. “Liebherr makes an astounding product. Obviously, a company who leads the world in tower crane market share has a massive amount of technology and expertise along with advanced engineering that is applied to their construction equipment division. It is a family-owned business that still independently supplies most of its own components, including their own engines, hydraulic pumps and drive systems.”
work environments. In the automobile scrapping industry, Liebherr offers the Liebherr excavator equipped with the Powerhand VRS 200 system.
Moynihan added that Liebherr is particularly well-known for the equipment’s utilization in niche markets, such as recycling facilities, landfills, demolition and scrap yards where it has developed the reputation of manufacturing rugged, durable equipment that excels in the most challenging
Powerhand utilizes powerful grapples that emulate a pair of tweezers that is equipped with narrow jaws, specifically designed to uniquely maneuver vehicles that are being stripped for recycling to easily separate the most valuable recyclable items from the vehicle.
Moynihan wants to make sure that New England contractors know that the employees in the parts, service and sales side of
New England Road Equipment are still on board and committed to providing a high level of customer service.
Quality Fleet Service is upgrading and expanding the facilities in Brockton to enhance the customer experience. The company also recently expanded its product offerings in the aggregate and recycling markets. It now represents Eggersmann North America, a leading manufacturer of machines for the waste management, recycling and compost industries. Its products include compost turners, trommels, star screeners, as well as single and dual shaft spreaders.
Another recently added manufacturer to Quality Fleet Service’s lineup is Rockster, an Austrian-based manufacturer of mobile impact and jaw crushers.
“I have spent a lot of time researching the crusher market as well as servicing and repairing this category of machine,” Moynihan said. “We had a list of features and requirements that we were looking for based on our experiences and Rockster checked all of the boxes.”
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Monroe Promotes Dennehey to Branch Manager in Conn.
Matt Dennehey has been promoted to branch manager of Monroe Tractor’s Connecticut location. Dennehey will be responsible for managing and guiding Connecticut’s already knowledgeable team and assisting in the growth of each department.
Dennehey began his career as a service technician in the automotive industry in 2019 later transitioning to parts specialist and then into management. He joined Monroe Tractor’s Connecticut team a year ago as service manager and due to his hard work and dedication he was promoted to branch manager.
“I look forward to utilizing the wide range of industry skills I have developed while leading a great team of proficient individuals, and from my service and management experience, I understand the sense of urgency customers face today. I am additionally excited to assist customers while building strong relationships,” said Dennehey.
“Matt is very customer-oriented. Wearing many hats has prepared him for the branch manager role at Monroe Tractor. His experience, leadership skills, and ability to run various tasks in each department will serve the Connecticut branch well. We are excited to continue providing customers with best-in-class services in the New England market,” said Greg Downing, operations director.
Quality Fleet Service is in the process of remodeling and rebranding its Brockton, Mass., store.
An automobile recycler using a Liebherr equipped with the Powerhand VRS 200 system.
Nick Moynihan, president of Quality Fleet Service.
Monroe Tractor photo
Matt Dennehey
TIME-2 Project Involves Rebuilding, Renovating Four Bridges in East Norwalk
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Joint Venture, which links the Cianbro Corp. of Pittsfield, Maine, with Middlesex Construction of Littleton, Mass.
The TIME-2 project includes the Fort Point Street railroad bridge, the East Avenue railroad bridge, the Osborne Avenue railroad bridge and the Strawberry Hill Avenue bridge.
Site preparation, mobilization and support of excavation work started in December 2023. Major construction activities commenced in early spring 2024.
“The contractor has installed micropiles to support excavation and completed some bridge seat modifications at some of the local TIME-2 bridges,” said Rory McGlasson, spokesperson of WSP, an engineering firm that is CTDOT’s program management consultant for the WALK bridge Time-2 project. “That work started in early January to March 2024. Work on four bridges will ramp up … around late July this year. The TIME-2 local bridges should be completed in early 2028.”
The Fort Point Street railroad bridge will be replaced with a 42-ft., four-track span, increasing the roadway width while preserving the existing vertical clearance. Roadway realignment on Fort Point Street includes realigning Fort Point Street with South Smith Street, creating a T-intersection with improved sightlines.
The East Avenue railroad bridge project includes the replacement of the 100-year-old span. Horizontal clearance under the bridge widens to approximately 58 ft. while vertical clearance increases from 12.2 ft. to 14.3 ft.
The Osborne Avenue railroad bridge project includes a new superstructure and rehabilitates the substructure while maintaining the current vertical and horizontal clearances.
Built in 1890, the Strawberry Hill Avenue railroad bridge supports four tracks of the NHL. The Strawberry Hill Avenue bridge project includes the rehabilitation of the railroad bridge superstructure. The project replaces the existing bridge superstructure and updates the supporting structure underneath while maintaining the current vertical and horizontal clearances.
The superstructure replacement will be built in halves during the construc-
CTDOT’s Track Improvement Mobility Enhancement TIME-2 Project is a subcomponent of the WALK bridge replacement project.
Monroe Tractor Taps New Service Manager of Conn. Location
Jonathon Lago has been promoted to service manager of Monroe Tractor’s Connecticut location. Lago will be responsible for the service operations while overseeing the technicians to obtain a strong sense of urgency for the Connecticut location.
Lago joined Monroe Tractor in 2020 as a service technician after working six years as a fleet mechanic for a large contractor. His technical abilities, dedication to customer service and can-do attitude made promoting him to service manager an easy decision, the company said.
tion of the WALK bridge, allowing work to be performed during planned two-track outages for the WALK bridge replacement and are coordinated with the other TIME-2 railroad improvement projects at East Avenue, Fort Point Street and Osborne Avenue.
The construction equipment used on the Walk bridge Time 2 project
includes a Liebherr LR1300 crane working on a southeast trestle, a Manitowoc MLC300 crawler crane working on southwest trestle installation and a Caterpillar 352 excavator with a teledipper attachment and a Caterpillar long -each excavator working on secant excavation. CEG (All photos courtesy of CTDOT.)
“I am thrilled to lead such an amazing team of talented technicians who share the same passion for growth and success as I do. I look forward to forming relationships with our customers and handling their service needs in a professional and timely manner,” said Lago.
“Jon is very customer centric. His experience as a technician and foreman and his ability to run a multi-faceted department will serve our team and customers well in this role. We look forward to building on the service excellence that Monroe Tractor provides in the New England market,” said Matt Dennehey, branch manager.
Crews perform the southwest trestle installation.
The TIME-2 project includes the Fort Point Street railroad bridge, the East Avenue railroad bridge, the Osborne Avenue railroad bridge and the Strawberry Hill Avenue bridge.
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Run-Down Properties in Conn. to Be Transformed
Almost two dozen run-down properties in Connecticut will soon be transformed into hundreds of apartments and business spaces as the state works to fix up everything from old paper and textile mills to former greyhound racetracks.
In the process, new job opportunities also will spring up across Connecticut.
Nearly $26.3 million in state investment and $112.7 million in private investments will be used to remediate 22 blighted properties statewide, Gov. Ned Lamont announced June 14.
The properties are found in 17 Connecticut towns and cities, he said.
“Nobody wants to have old, polluted and blighted properties in their neighborhood that sit vacant for decades, especially when that land could be used to grow new businesses and create housing for people who need it,” Lamont added. “This state program enables us to partner with municipalities and developers to bring these lifeless properties back from the dead.”
The derelict properties were chosen as part of the Brownfield Remediation and Development Program run by the state’s Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD). Brownfield remediation involves cleaning up or demolishing
“Nobody wants to have old, polluted and blighted properties in their neighborhood that sit vacant for decades…”
Ned Lamont Governor of Connecticut
the proposed CT United Soccer Stadium nearby.
• A $90,000 planning grant for the development of a marketing study, site specific environmental assessment, brownfield mapping, and streetscape and parking design services for the town of Cheshire’s West Main Street Downtown District.
• With its $1.1 million grant, Colchester will complete remediation of approximately 3,200 cu. yds. of impacted soil at the former Norton Paper Mill site, located at 139 Westchester Rd. The property will be turned into a public passive recreation park.
abandoned properties and repurposing the sites, which may involve decontaminating former factory land or rehabilitating existing housing.
The state looks for ways to bring property value and use back to the areas, DECD Deputy Commissioner Matthew Pugliese told Connecticut Public Radio.
“There are different awards that [aimed] towards housing as an end use,” he explained. “Some are towards mixed use. One is to create a behavioral health clinic with a significant expansion, and another one is for a public park.”
Four of the projects will be redeveloped as housing, creating 373 apartments. Of that
group of homes, located in Berlin, New Haven, Norwalk and Vernon, 148 units will be considered affordable, according to a statement by Lamont.
Underserved communities are prioritized when considering properties for remediation, Pugliese said.
“We want to be able to preserve green space in development, and we want to be able to redevelop these underused, contaminated and blighted parcels and put them back into productive use for the state,” he added.
Improved Properties, New Opportunities Being Created
Approximately 1,400 jobs will be generated as part of the remediation, state officials estimate, including temporary constructionrelated positions and employment opportunities at businesses opening in the new properties, according to Connecticut Public Radio.
The communities awarded the grants and loans announced under this funding round include:
• Berlin will receive $360,000 to complete the ongoing remediation of contaminated soil on a 1.54-acre parcel located at 55 Steele Blvd. This will enable the construction of approximately 50 mixed-income residential units next to the Berlin Train Station.
• In Bridgeport, $4 million will go toward executing a Remedial Action Plan and for demolition and remediation activities of the former 16.13-acre greyhound racetrack site located at 255 Kossuth St. The site is proposed to be developed into a sports stadium that will house a professional MLS NEXT Pro soccer team and will be part of a multiphase redevelopment project that will also include a 260-room hotel, mixed-use development, and a community park and green space.
• Another $4 million has been awarded to Bridgeport to complete remediation of a 2.97-acre site, located at 141 and 173 Stratford Ave. This will enable the creation of a public, open-space, and waterfront access area, including a boardwalk, public community soccer field, and a landscaped and hardscaped entryway plaza leading to
• In East Hartford, $95,000 will be used to further assess a site located at 164 School St., currently owned by United Steel. The assessment will allow the company to expand its operations, creating more tax revenue for the town, and start a second shift to employ more people in the community.
• East Hartford will also benefit from a $50,000 grant for environmental site assessments of the underused building located at 1016 Main St. to determine a remediation and development strategy for the property as a whole.
• A planning grant worth $200,000 was awarded to East Hartford to examine the Burnside and Church Street Village Area with a goal of addressing potentially contaminated structures and creating a comprehensive plan.
• New Haven is to receive $516,400 to investigate and remediate the 0.82-acre site located at 80 Hamilton St. that was formerly used for residential, industrial, and commercial purposes. The remediation will enable the construction of a city history museum.
• New Haven will also utilize $975,700 to remediate and abate the city-owned properties on the 1.03-acre lot located at 69 Grand Ave., home to the historic “Strong School” see REMEDIATION page 22
Approximately 1,400 jobs will be generated as part of the remediation, state officials estimate, including temporary construction-related positions.
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Conn. to Remediate 22 Blighted Properties Throughout State
in the city’s Fair Haven neighborhood. The project may include the potential demolition of structures that are not historic. The property’s redevelopment will create approximately 58 affordable housing units and a large community space.
• A $200,000 grant to New London will prepare Phase I Environmental Site Assessments of six parcels on Bank Street and Meridian Street to determine a strategy to allow for future remediation of these properties. Completing the assessment work will enable New London to utilize an existing $1 million federal EPA grant for the remediation activities.
The derelict properties were chosen as part of the Brownfield Remediation and Development Program run by the state’s Department of Economic and Community Development.
• Norwalk’s nearly $3.3 million grant will pay for the demolition and abatement of the Meadow Gardens public housing complex located on a 3.8-acres at 45 Meadow St. and 5 Monterey Place. This will allow for the construction of approximately 55 lowincome residential units.
• In Norwich, $4 million will be used to complete a remedial action plan and an asbestos work plan, abatement, and demolition of buildings A & B, the skywalk, and 5th Street Bridge at the former Capehart Textile Mill, located on 6.05 acres in the Greeneville National Historic District. The remediation of the project site will enable the creation of a new riverfront park.
• Plainville’s $1.4 million grant will finish the remediation of impacted soil and groundwater on a 14.76-acre site along West Main Street. The work will enable the creation of approximately 175 new apartments with ground floor retail and amenities, a 13,000 sq. ft. medical-office building, and 7 acres of deeded open space.
• A new master plan for downtown Portland will be funded by a $200,000 planning grant. The plan encompasses the Riverfront Overlay Zone and Town Village District, including the brownfield parcels at 222, 230, and 248 Brownstone Ave.
• A $200,000 grant was also awarded to the town of Redding for the comprehensive planning of the Georgetown neighborhood with a goal to revitalize and redevelop the former Gilbert and Bennet Wire Mill brownfield site.
• The community of Vernon is due to receive $2 million to abate and remediate identified environmental impacts at Daniel’s Mill, a one-acre property located at 98 East Main St. The state DECD had previously
awarded $2 million for the site’s cleanup, but further investigations and testing have identified the need for additional funding. The redevelopment of the historic mill will create approximately 35 residential units and support the overall Rockville Mill Complex upfit that is expected to create 110,000 sq. ft. of residential units and 20,000 sq. ft. of commercial space.
• West Haven’s $1.2 million grant will pay for the removal of hazardous building materials on the 1.53-acre property located at 66 Tetlow St. The former elementary school is set to be the future site of the Shoreline Wellness Center and Behavioral Health Clinic, designed to provide mental healthcare services.
• In Windsor, the first of two grants, worth $2 million, will remediate and abate the structures at the former Stanadyne manufacturing facility, located at 90 Deerfield Rd. Work at the 32.95-acre site will enable the adaptive reuse of the property to a business park designed to provide new manufacturing, R&D, warehousing/distribution, and offices to meet local market demand. A second $200,000 grant is to be used for further assessment of the Stanadyne property at 92 Deerfield Rd.
• Windsor Locks is to get $73,450 for site assessment work at the vacant, suburbanstyle plaza located at 255 Main St.
• A $132,000 planning grant to Woodbridge will pay for the assessment of a 155-acre former country club property and help advance a comprehensive redevelopment vision for housing or mixed-use development.
