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The identity of the Connecticut Port Authority board member who accepted illegal gifts from a vendor seeking business has been revealed in documents obtained by WSHU through a freedom of information request.
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The names of two Connecticut Port Authority employees who received illegal gifts from a vendor seeking business in 2017 and 2019 have been revealed in a letter to state legislators.
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A rival road salt company has criticized Gateway Terminal’s expansion to serve eastern Connecticut. Last winter, Gateway had long delays because they were the only facility supplying road salt to the entire state.
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The Connecticut Office of State Ethics has entered into an agreement with a New York-based maritime company after they flouted state laws on gift giving to the Connecticut Port Authority.
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The chairman of the Connecticut Port Authority has acknowledged that officials knew it would cost more to upgrade the State Pier in New London than what the Lamont administration had proposed in 2019.
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Ulysses Hammond starts immediately to replace the current executive director, John Henshaw, who will leave on May 5. He is expected to lead the port authority’s redevelopment of the State Pier in New London to be a hub for the offshore wind industry.
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Lamont visited New London last month to see the progress of making the State Pier a regional hub for the offshore wind industry.
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The port authority plans to hold a special meeting of its board of directors on March 22 to publicly discuss John Henshaw’s resignation and identify interim leadership while a search begins for a new executive director.
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The Connecticut Port Authority was hoping to receive a federal work permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week so it could continue redeveloping the State Pier in New London. But another deadline was missed.
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A new bipartisan bill has been approved by the state Legislature to bring new oversight and transparency to the Connecticut Port Authority, and now moves…