Seventeen towns and cities across the state received state grants totaling $12 million for various transportation infrastructure projects, Gov. Ned Lamont and Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto announced Tuesday.
The grants were awarded through the state Department of Transportation’s Community Connectivity Grant Program, which provides financial support for local projects that make conditions safer, more accommodating and equitable for pedestrians and bicyclists.
The following grants were approved:
- Avon: Old Farms Road Connectivity Improvements, Phase II ($792,598)
- Chaplin: Chaplin Connectivity and Accessibility Project ($752,000)
- Cromwell: Willowbrook Road and Evergreen Road Sidewalk Connectivity ($229,200)
- East Haven: Messina Drive Traffic Signal and Pedestrian Walkway ($781,004)
- Fairfield: Improved Access to McKinley School ($681,900)
- Glastonbury: Manchester Road Sidewalks, Shoddy Mill to Hebron Avenue ($796,700)
- Greenwich: Pedestrian Safety Improvements at Three Intersections in Central Greenwich ($799,200)
- Guilford: Boston Post Road (Route 1) Sidewalk Extension to Madison Town Line ($739,765)
- Haddam: Higganum Center Connections, Connecting Village Center to Activity Nodes ($800,000)
- Litchfield: Sidewalk Enrichment Plan, ADA Upgrades and Sidewalk Enhancements ($800,000)
- Madison: Scotland Avenue Roadway Improvements ($800,000)
- New Canaan: Lakeview Avenue Sidewalk Project ($325,680)
- Portland: The Complete Streets, Main Street Sidewalk Improvements Phase III ($612,000)
- Southbury: Heritage Village Multi-Use Path ($800,000)
- Voluntown: Village Center Pedestrian Network Enhancement ($799,200)
- Watertown: Main Street (Route 63) Pedestrian Improvements ($800,000)
- West Hartford: Sidewalk Accessibility Improvements ($697,000)
The funding can be used for construction activities that range from $100,000 to $800,000.
