New England 19, September 13, 2023

Construction of New $935M WALK Bridge Over Norwalk River Begins

By Ken Liebeskind CEG CORRESPONDENT

A groundbreaking ceremony took place in Norwalk in May for the beginning of a six-year $925 million project for the construction of a new WALK Bridge that crosses the Norwalk River.

The current bridge is a swing bridge that serves Metro North and Amtrak rail service along the Northeast Corridor and must have at least two tracks operational during construction.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) awarded the project to the Cianbro-Middlesex Joint Venture

R.I. Receives RAISE Grant Toward Route 37 Project

By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) recently announced the award of a federal RAISE grant that will provide $25 million toward a $100 million project, the third of three highway projects designed to overhaul Route 37.

The freeway in the Providence metro area connects Warwick and Cranston, the state’s second and third most populated cities. The Route 37 RAISE Grant Award Project will replace and rehabilitate six bridges on Route 37, one of the busiest east/west corridors in the state. Two other bridges will be

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Maine University Undergoing $16M Facilities Upgrade

Several projects are ongoing this summer at the University of Maine at Farmington (UMF) that focus on cost savings, sustainability and meeting residential student needs, the college announced on its website Aug. 14.

“These campus upgrades are an important investment in Farmington’s future,” noted UMF President Joseph McDonnell. “They will help the university be more cost effective and attractive to today’s students while also continuing in our commitment to being a good steward for our environment.”

To advance the effort, UMF has entered into a contract with Trane, a leader in energy solutions, and its Energy Savings Performance program to increase the energy efficiency of campus facilities and lower campus operating costs.

The 18-month, $11 million project is in keeping with UMF’s commitment to environmental sustainability and energy efficiency and is being financed and paid back with energy savings and rebates generated by a series of sustainability-focused campus improvements.

Those upgrades will help the college

become 97 percent free from fossil fuel, according to UMF, and are estimated to save the university $400,000 each year beginning in 2024.

UMF’s planned upgrades include installing high-efficiency heat pumps, lighting, heating control systems, and plumbing. New rooftop heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units also will be put in. Building envelopes — the physical materials that separate the internal and external

building environments — are also being upgraded to improve their efficiency the school noted.

Additionally, a second biomass boiler will be added to the current UMF Biomass Plant to heat campus hot water during the warmer months in late spring, summer and early fall. The unit will supplement Farmington’s current biomass boiler that provides heat to buildings throughout campus.

UMF’s biomass facility began operation in 2016 and soon replaced 95 percent of the heating oil the university previously required, while also reducing its carbon emissions by at least 3,000 tons a year. Both units will continue to use locally sourced Maine wood chips in support of the local economy.

Rehabbing Two Residence Halls Also Set to Begin

Other significant campus improvements at the university are the renovation of UMF Mallett and Purington, two of Farmington’s historical and much-loved residence halls. That project also will bring both facilities into compliance with the federal American

with Disabilities Act (ADA) and better meet residential student needs.

The renovations will include extensive upgrades to each building’s electrical service, plumbing and bathrooms. Multi-user restrooms will be transformed to modern single-user facilities.

CHA Consulting Inc., a Portland, Mainebased company, is providing the design and construction for the renovation effort on the residence halls, according to UMF.

Funding for the year-long, $5.4 million Mallett and Purington residence hall project was obtained through the public infrastructure investment secured by the University of Maine System, with the support of Gov. Janet Mills and the Maine Legislature

McDonnell expressed his thanks to the governor and the two state entities “for their continued support and to our facility staff who are working hard to make this all possible.”

Other summer campus improvements will include the addition of a nursing SIM lab to support the collaborative UMF/University of Maine at Augusta nursing program, as well as updated exterior siding and lighting for the UMF Fitness & Recreation Center, and other ADA improvements. 

Maine to Invest $30M to Replace, Enhance Bridge Over I-95

Construction is expected to begin this fall on a multi-year project to replace a heavily traveled bridge that carries U.S. Highway 202 over Interstate 95 in Augusta, Maine, and increase the area’s accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists, the Kennebec Journal reported Aug. 3.

Devan Eaton, a senior project manager of the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT), said the bridge, built in 1955, has failing paint, an eroding slope, rusting steel beams, worn-out bearings, cracked and breaking concrete, and does not provide enough clearance for vehicles passing below.

While the transportation officials in the United States generally expect today’s bridges and other structures to last between 75 to 100 years, this particular bridge — near the Turnpike Mall — has had a rough 68 years of life. Replacing it could require up to four years of work at a cost of about $30 million.

“There’s cracked and spalled [broken] concrete all over the place — it’s been a salt spray zone its entire life,” Eaton told Augusta city councilors during a recent presentation. “With the amount of traffic on the structure, that’s not surprising.”

The work expected to take place soon will include the start of construction on a new temporary bridge to be built just north of the existing structure. MaineDOT officials have not yet announced when that work will begin, but major traffic disruptions are not expected until the 2025 construction season, when vehicles will switch to the temporary bridge.

The state agency wants to have the bridge replacement project completed by June 2026.

Building in Tight, Busy Area Will Present Challenges

The temporary U.S. 202 bridge will only have a total of three lanes — two westbound toward Winthrop and one eastbound into Augusta. There are currently six lanes on the bridge, including turning lanes.

“The goal is to only impact actual Western Avenue traffic for one season with that temporary bridge,” Eaton told the Journal. “It’s a crucial part of the city, with the in and out of the commuter traffic, so we understand the complications of it and the impacts it’s going to have. Some aspects won’t be pretty — there’s kind of no way around that, [but] we’re doing everything we can to keep things moving.”

He added that the project will present MaineDOT challenges due to the site’s tight confines and heavy traffic.

Thousands of vehicles travel through the area daily.

U.S. 202, which also is Western Avenue, sees 16,960 vehicles heading eastbound and 10,970 traveling westbound each day, according to MaineDOT data. Under the bridge, along I-95, 20,190 vehicles travel northbound and 14,810 southbound daily. Whitten Road, near Texas Roadhouse and Hannaford, sees another 4,961 vehicles daily.

Some motorists will be required to follow new routes, particularly those looking to take a left turn off Western Avenue onto Whitten Road, which will not be allowed at the current intersection of those two streets.

Instead, motorists coming westbound on Western Avenue and looking to turn left onto Whitten Road to go to Hannaford, for example, will use the southbound on-ramp for I-95. Before that ramp takes traffic onto the freeway, a

temporary access road, much of which already exists due to a previous project at the site, will allow motorists to turn onto Whitten Road, just beyond the Maine Evergreen hotel.

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Also Part of Project

MaineDOT’s plans for the project also include the addition of new sidewalks and pedestrian crossings, including a sidewalk on the south side where one does not currently exist. Crews will install nearly 3,500 ft. of sidewalk between Edison Drive and Senator Way, including 1,870 ft. of new walkways.

Tyler Pease, an Augusta city engineer, told the Kennebec news source that the state added sidewalks to the project after presenting initial plans for the site. At first, MaineDOT indicated the city may have had to pay for part of the sidewalks, but the state has since agreed to fund the effort itself.

Eaton added that the project received additional funding to add better pedestrian access, noting the area is traversed so frequently that there are beaten paths on the side of the road. A bike lane also will be added to the eastbound shoulder area up to Senator Way, he said.

“I’m just thrilled with the sidewalks,” said Augusta’s Ward 1 City Councilor Linda Conti. “And I hope this is a trend with [MaineDOT] and they’re going to include sidewalks with a lot more of their projects, because that has been an issue for us before.”

When built, the U.S. 201 bridge will be raised to increase its vertical clearance for traffic passing below on I-95 from the current 14-ft. 4 in. to 16 ft., the minimum for federal highways. 

Other significant campus improvements at the university are the renovation of UMF Mallett and Purington, two of Farmington’s historical and much-loved residence halls.

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Vermont’s Iconic ‘Yellow Barn’ Set to Be Transformed

An innovative public/private partnership is set to fund the redevelopment of Hardwick, Vt.’s iconic “Yellow Barn” into a food business accelerator business and retail shop in one of the state’s poorest areas.

Evernorth Rural Ventures, with offices in Burlington, Vt., and the Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation (MHIC), have announced the closing of $11.4 million in federal New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation for the redevelopment, Evernorth noted Aug. 15 on its home page.

The NMTC funding supports the construction of a new 25,137-sq.-ft. food-business accelerator building and the adaptive reuse of the historic and vacant 4,762-sq.-ft. yellow dairy barn for use as a store — collectively called the Yellow Barn Business Accelerator.

The project is the culmination of a sixyear effort spearheaded by the Town of Hardwick, the Northeast Kingdom Development Corporation (NKDC) and the Northeast Vermont Development Association.

Situated on 4.7 acres of land in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom (NEK), the accelerator project aims to be a catalyst for innovation, sparking growth of the region’s farms, small-scale and larger food manufacturing, and job creation.

The business accelerator is scheduled to open next spring, according to Evernorth.

“We are proud to be a part of this project that supports farmers, agriculturally based businesses and food processing to create economies of scale and reach markets outside of the NEK and Vermont,” explained

Beth Boutin, vice president of Evernorth. “This investment not only supports the individuals who will work here and their families, but the entire community and beyond.”

Yellow Barn to Highlight Vt.’s Food, Farm Offerings

The partnership’s vision of the agricultural-economic campus is to create a place where food businesses can grow and a point of interest where visitors can learn about Vermont’s agricultural products, which will be enhanced by its location on the popular Lamoille Valley Rail Trail.

“It is with great excitement that we witness the start of construction at the Yellow Barn project site,” said Eric Remick, chair of the Town of Hardwick Select Board. “Yellow Barn will add much needed commercial and retail space, providing a very positive impact in our rural town. We are fortunate to have so many dedicated partners whose steadfast support have helped bring this project to fruition.”

Evernorth said that the project will not only operate a food business center but preserve and renovate the historic Yellow Barn and construct a new building next door with two anchor tenants — the Hardwick-based nonprofit Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE), and Cellars at Jasper Hill, a cheesemaker in the small community of Greensboro, Vt.

CAE will operate much-needed community cold storage for local farmers and food producers, while scaling up Farm Connex, a delivery service for small and medium farms and food businesses that would other-

wise not have a way to get their products to market.

The Cellars at Jasper Hill will centralize order fulfillment and storage from multiple locations, improving efficiency and setting the company up for continued growth.

Once renovated, the historic barn will become a retail destination operated by Cabot Creamery for its signature dairy products and to showcase other local agricultural products.

“MHIC appreciates the opportunity to work with Evernorth and the community leaders who shaped this project over many years to meet the region’s needs, creating the conditions for lasting growth in the agricultural and tourism sectors, adding jobs and preserving the working landscape,” said Deborah Favreau, MHIC’s chief development officer. “Additionally, we are pleased to fill a gap in the financing structure with a $4.85 million bridge loan that includes participation by Evernorth Loan Fund and Vermont Community Loan Fund.”

Yellow Barn Project Has Many Supporters

Capital One also is investing in NMTC equity to help finance the expansion. The complex financing package includes several state and federal entities, including the Vermont Economic Development Authority, the U.S. Economic Development Association and the Preservation Trust of Vermont, among others.

The NKDC is a non-profit that serves as a catalyst for economic development efforts in the state’s Northeast Kingdom, especially

those built through public-private partnerships such as the Yellow Barn. It is the primary entity to secure bridge financing during the development of the project and the construction period, according to Evernorth.

The U.S. Treasury’s NMTC program, which began in 2000, is designed to spur economic development activity in poor communities throughout the country. These low-income communities often have good, viable business and economic development opportunities, but limited access to capital. NMTC addresses this gap by providing the incentive of a federal tax credit to individuals or corporations that invest in a community development entity.

Since 2008, Evernorth Rural Ventures has facilitated $232.5 million in affordable capital and $424.7 million in total development activity in Northern New England. That financing has provided 72,000 people in low-income communities with access to higher education, healthcare, fitness, and other social services. Evernorth also has created more than 67,200 sq. ft. of healthy food space and 53 new apartments, 20 percent of which are affordable. This financing has created 4,200 jobs and 1,750 construction jobs.

MHIC is a private, nonprofit lender and investor specializing in financing affordable housing and community development throughout New England. Since its founding in 1990, the Massachusetts agency has provided more than $3.4 billion in financing to preserve or create 26,500 homes and 7.3 million sq. ft. of commercial and community space. 

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The project will preserve and renovate the historic Yellow Barn and construct a new building next door with two anchor tenants.

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Construction Ramps Up at New Tech School

Construction is rapidly progressing on Bridgeport, Conn.’s Bullard-Havens Technical High School almost two months after ground was broken on the project. The new school is being built to serve the Bridgeport community and surrounding towns for generations to come.

Bullard-Havens is part of the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS) and, when finished by May 2027, the new school building will serve approximately 900 students in grades nine through 12.

The 215,000-sq.-ft. school is being constructed on an existing 24-acre site and will include a field house, new athletic fields, a gymnasium and fitness center to accommodate the entire student body, among other features.

The primary focus of the school’s educational program is Career and Technical Education across 13 trades: architecture, automotive technology, carpentry, criminal justice and protective services, culinary arts, electrical, graphic design, hairdressing and cosmetology, health technology, information technology, masonry, plumbing and heating, and precision machining, CTECS said in a news release.

“This school [is home] to 13 specialty

[trade] shops,” said Bruce Kellogg at JCJ Architecture, with offices in Hartford and Boston. “That speaks volumes to the dedication to education that the state of Connecticut and Bullard-Havens has.”

School Leaders Want Showcase for Energy Efficiency

Bullard-Havens also is planned to be the most energy-efficient technical high school in the state system, and possibly the region, noted Michelle Gilman, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services (DAS).

“The modern building systems are designed to operate without the use of any fossil fuels,” she said. “Our DAS team is proud to support this initiative on behalf of CTECS and Bullard-Havens staff, and to continue our collective commitment to a sustainable future.”

Kellogg added, “One of the most important things as we design buildings is [be sensitive] to net zero and reduced energy use.”

Energy efficient features at the Bridgeport high school include a highly insulated building envelope, a geothermal well field with ground water source heat pumps, energy recovery ventilation and solar installation completed through the Connecticut Green Bank.

Gilbane Building Co., based in Providence, R.I., is the general contractor in charge of the Bullard-Havens Technical High School project.

When ground was broken on the project in May, the ceremony was attended by local and state officials, CTECS administrators, faculty and students along with representatives from local architecture and construction companies, and area business and industry leaders. In addition, Bullard and Havens family members were in attendance.

“We are the future generation that will bring innovation and change,” said Maritza Farias Silva, a ninth-grade automotive technology student. “Thanks to Bullard-Havens, we are being turned into the skilled professionals of tomorrow.”

“Education is truly the bridge to the future,” noted state Sen. Herron Keyon Gaston, D-23rd District. “It is the economic engine to how we move forward. We have got so far away from the trades in our institutions and schools, and I think we need to get back to that.”

His comments were echoed by CTECS Executive Director Ellen Solek when she said, “We believe that the trades are really the heartbeat of the future for the state of Connecticut and the city of Bridgeport.” 

Cianbro-Middlesex JV Leads WALK Bridge Project in Conn.

(JV), which links the Cianbro Corp. of Pittsfield, Maine, with Middlesex Construction of Littleton, Mass.

Matt Riley, project manager at Cianbro, said the project replaces a 127-year-old swing bridge with a 240 ft. double lift span bridge.

According to CTDOT, the project calls for two independent two-track lift spans that will be built around the existing four-track swing bridge. The replacement bridge also will include 145-ft. tall towers that will lift each of the new spans approximately 60 ft.

The vertical lift span design maintains navigation on the Norwalk River and provides a widened, unobstructed channel alignment with the Stroffolino Bridge. The replacement bridge features two movable spans carrying two tracks each, which can be operated individually in case of a necessary

track outage. The lift bridge’s towers are 150 ft. above the level of the railroad tracks. This is nearly 100 ft. shorter than the existing high towers removed as part of the project.

Prominent aesthetic features include machine room enclosures at the top of the towers, arch design, enclosed staircases and elevators and decorative railing on the exterior walkways.

Josh Morgan, a CTDOT spokesperson, said work on the project that has been completed so far includes site preparation, mobilization of equipment, fencing and staging yard setup, hydrographic and pre-condition building surveys and baseline vibration monitoring.

An early stage of the project is the removal of the IMAX theater building. Manafort Brothers is leading the demolition work.

“Removing the former IMAX building will facilitate

access to the Norwalk River to construct staging platforms for the WALK Bridge Replacement Project, as well as clear the area for construction of the utility bypass required to relocate the Metro-North Railroad [MNR] wires from the existing high towers,” said Morgan.

Riley said the construction equipment being used on the project includes Liebherr LR1300 and Manitowoc 2250 and MLC-300 crawler cranes and a Buma C4268h oscillator.

The remaining construction phases will begin in the spring, summer and fall of 2025, including removing the high towers and the existing bridge structure before constructing the new lift bridge and approach spans.

According to CTDOT, federal funds will pay for 80 percent of the WALK Bridge construction with 20 percent coming from the state.  CEG

(All photos courtesy of CTDOT.)

Removing the former IMAX building will facilitate access to the Norwalk River to construct staging platforms for the WALK Bridge Replacement Project.

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At least two tracks must be operational during construction.

The project will replace a 127-year-old swing bridge with a 240 ft. double lift span bridge.

Manafort Brothers is leading the demolition work.

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decommissioned and demolished. The project also will “right-size” the highway corridor to ensure it meets Rhode Island’s transportation needs. Route 37, approximately 50 years old, was overbuilt to accommodate a proposed highway extension and bridge over Narragansett Bay.

“Planners had envisioned a more extensive highway with other connections,” said Charles St. Martin, RIDOT spokesman. “The highway connects to I-295, to I-95 and U.S. 1. The plan was to continue to the east. That never happened.”

The main focus of the project will be at the eastern end of the highway where a large bridge with a series of ramps travels over U.S. 1.

“That bridge is structurally deficient,” St. Martin said. “We’re going to demolish it but not replace it. Instead, we’re going to bring the highway to a signalized intersection. That lets us save millions that would have been spent to replace the bridge and maintain it. It will also free up 9 acres of land that will go back on tax rolls. It saves money in the long run, meets safety goals and moves traffic efficiently. It’s also an economic boom by creating opportunity in the district.”

RIDOT will begin planning and designing the project in the next year and a half. Two other projects totaling $160 million are already under way on Route 37, bringing the combined investment in the route — including the newly announced RAISE Grant Project — to $260 million. The state has received $66 million in federal grants to rehabilitate 30 bridges over the next 10 years on the route. Twenty-two of those bridges are on the projects under way. One of those projects is slated for completion by the end of this year, the second, in 2026.

“My administration remains keenly focused on ensuring Rhode Island’s roads and bridges are in a state of good repair and safe for all, and the ongoing work here on Route 37 shows just that,” said Gov. Daniel McKee in a kickoff ceremony for the Route 37 RAISE Grant Award Project in July. “I thank our Congressional delegation for their dedication in securing the necessary federal grants to ensure these improvements are completed, as well as our partners at RIDOT for their continued focus on rebuilding and rehabilitating this vital corridor.”

RAISE grants are part of President

Biden’s Investing in America agenda, according to the Department of Transportation website. The agenda aims to grow the American economy from the bottom up and middle-out, including rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure, driving nearly $500 billion in private sector manufacturing and clean energy investments, creating “good-paying” jobs and building a cleanenergy economy that will combat climate change and make our communities more resilient.

“Using the funds in President Biden’s infrastructure law, we are helping communities in every state across the country realize their visions for new infrastructure projects,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “This round of RAISE grants is helping create a new generation of goodpaying jobs in rural and urban communities alike, with projects whose benefits will include improving safety, fighting climate change, advancing equity, strengthening our supply chain, and more.”

The projects awarded this year will help more people get where they need to be quickly, affordably and safely, according to the DOT.

“From projects that will strengthen supply chains and reduce bottlenecks, to bridge replacements and road projects to make them safer and more efficient for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians, this year’s awards will build and repair infrastructure that benefits Americans for future generations to come, while taking steps to reduce emissions from the transportation sector and support wealth creation and good-paying union jobs. Seventy percent of the grants are going to projects in regions defined as an Area of Persistent Poverty or a Historically Disadvantaged Community.”

Like last year, demand for RAISE funding was higher than available funds. This year, DOT received $15 billion in requests for the $2.26 billion available.”  CEG

(All photos courtesy of RIDOT.)

A trio of projects on Rhode Island’s Route 37 will rehabilitate and replace bridges as well as “right-sizing” the overbuilt 50-year-old highway. Route 37 is among the busiest east/west corridors in Rhode Island.