The state’s Department of Housing said it has awarded $30 million in federal grant funding to 11 shoreline municipalities impacted by Super Storm Sandy in 2012.
The money is meant to repair and shore up infrastructure for future storms.
The 21 projects in those cities and towns include reconstruction and raising road elevations, shoring up beach bulkheads, installing backup power sources for water treatment plants and schools, and installing retaining and sea walls and drainage systems.
The largest single grant, $4 million, will improve stormwater volumes and drainage on New Haven’s Union Avenue.
Municipalities receiving grants also include Bridgeport, East Haven, Fairfield, Milford, New London, Norwalk, Old Lyme, Stamford, Stratford and West Haven.
The state disbursed a $32 million round of grants earlier this year. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program.
