Data shows modern roundabouts are safer than intersections. Connecticut has built 17 of them — and more are on the way, CTDOT says.
Tom Condon
Tom writes about urban and regional issues for CT Mirror, including planning, transportation, land use, development and historic preservation. These were among his areas of interest in a 45-year career as a reporter, columnist and editorial writer for The Hartford Courant. Tom has won dozens of journalism and civic awards, and was elected to the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2016. He is a native of New London, a graduate of The University of Notre Dame and the University of Connecticut School of Law, and is a Vietnam veteran.
Posted inCities & Towns
CT towns, desperate to fill technical jobs, scramble for workers
Without enough municipal specialists to go around, towns are struggling to find and keep qualified workers — but fixes are in the works.
Posted inCities & Towns
The town meeting is a Yankee tradition. Does it still make sense?
Things have changed in the centuries since the town meeting became CT’s default form of town government. Some say it’s outlived its usefulness.
Posted inCities & Towns
A tree grows in Canton, and it’s not the only preserved quirk in CT
The Canton tree saga suggests CT residents are taking a broader view of what local quirks and idiosyncrasies ought to be kept in place.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT agriculture: New crops, new technologies, (many) old farmers
Agriculture is changing in CT, a revolution about more than marijuana. CT farmers are growing choi, forming co-ops — and hosting weddings.
Posted inCities & Towns
Does CT need 169 municipalities? Some say merging makes sense
Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin recently joked that he was ‘ready to sign the merger agreement’ with East Hartford. What if he were serious?
Posted inCT Viewpoints
On 50th anniversary of Vietnam Treaty, do we still need POW-MIA flag?
A way to mark the anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War would be to consider whether the POW-MIA flag belongs on the same staff as Old Glory.
Posted inEspañol
Proyectan “Hartford 400” para revolucionar accesos y carreteras de Hartford en 2035
Es un esfuerzo de enormes proporciones: las estimaciones preliminares predicen que tomará 15 años y costará $ 17 mil millones.
Posted inTransportation
Plan to rebuild Hartford highways gaining support, waiting for DOT
The ‘Hartford 400’ project could take 15 years and cost $17 billion. It’s gaining funding and support, but the CT DOT hasn’t signed off.
Posted inHousing
BEST OF 2022: At Griswold Hills in Newington, the state’s affordable housing law has worked the way it was intended
Can CT’s affordable housing shortage be resolved without what one critic has called the “sledgehammer” of 8-30g?
Posted inEnergy & Environment, Politics
BEST OF 2022: With trash plant closing, Connecticut rethinks waste policy
With the Hartford trash-to-energy plant closing, the state is moving to reduce the waste stream with new technologies.
Posted inJustice
Edward T. “Ned” Coll Dies; Hartford Activist Fought Racism, Poverty and Closed Beaches
Coll, best known for his efforts to dramatize the lack of public access to most CT salt water beaches, fought racism and poverty in Hartford.
Posted inHousing
At Griswold Hills in Newington, the state’s affordable housing law has worked the way it was intended
Can CT’s affordable housing shortage be resolved without what one critic has called the “sledgehammer” of 8-30g?
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Deer Lake likely to be preserved as sale to nonprofit nears closing
Pathfinders, Inc., signed an agreement to buy the property from the Boy Scouts’ Connecticut Yankee Council for $4.75 million.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Deal near to preserve Deer Lake in Killingworth as open space
The Boy Scouts’ Connecticut Yankee Council is finalizing a deal to sell the property to nonprofit Pathfinders, Inc., which would preserve it.