Avelo Airlines has committed to investing $1.2 million in upgrading Tweed New Haven Airport’s existing terminal, as the airline prepares to kick off new flights out of the East Shore airport starting in September.

Airport Manager Sean Scanlon made that announcement in an email press release sent out Thursday morning.

He wrote that the airport’s authority voted on Thursday to approve a new, three-party agreement between the authority, the airport’s long-term operator Avports, and Avelo, “America’s first new mainline airline in 15 years”.

As part of that newly inked agreement, Avelo will send $1.2 million to the authority for “various upgrades to the airport’s existing terminal, administrative building, parking, and other areas, all aimed at improving customer experience as Avelo readies to begin operations at Tweed in the third quarter with nonstop scheduled service to several popular destinations.” That $1.2 million from Avelo is in addition to the $2.8 million that Avports has already committed to renovating the existing terminal. Read More

Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Transportation Commissioner Joseph Giulietti revealed TIME FOR CT, the actionable plan to deliver the Lamont administration’s vision for safe, reliable, and fast train service in Connecticut – saving people up to 10 minutes in their commutes by 2022. The plan also shows that with investment in infrastructure and the rail fleet, future super-express service will save people up to 25 minutes by 2035.

TIME FOR CT is an $8 to $10 billion comprehensive investment program that, with funding, can provide additional capacity and improve needs, frequency, and reliability throughout Connecticut. The benefits include:

Full details on TIME FOR CT, including the New Haven Line capacity and speed analysis, the executive summary, and the TIME FOR CT rail map, have been published online at ct.gov/dot. Read More

Yet another batch of apartments are on tap for Wooster Square’s expanding downtown edge — and a closed road will reopen.

A New York developer plans to build those 186 market-rate apartments and open Fair Street — next to where he is almost done building 299 apartments.

Epimoni President Darren Seid detailed the plans Thursday night during a virtual community meeting hosted by the city’s Economic Development Administration and Hill Alder Carmen Rodriguez.

The focus of the hour-and-a-half-long Zoomed meet up was the future of 20 and 34 Fair St. Read More