The State Bond Commission this morning approved more than $537 million in state funds to finance construction and maintenance projects, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, the commission’s chairman, announced.
The money will be used to pay for 250 lane miles of state highway resurfacing and more than 40 bridge restoration projects that are a part of the state Department of Transportation’s capital program.
The federal government is providing about $600 million for Connecticut infrastructure, bringing the total to over $1 billion.
Malloy’s office said the projects would create or retain nearly 20,000 construction-related jobs.
On the list are pavement preservation projects on I-95 in Groton and I-84 in Vernon, widening I-84 in Waterbury between Exits 22 and 25A, reconstruction at Exits 5 and 6 and Route 37 in Danbury, and funds for the continuation of improvements to the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge and surrounding parts of I-95 in New Haven.
There will also be capital resurfacing and expressway upgrades along I-84 in Southington/Cheshire and Route 15 in Stratford/Milford.
