Connecticut Transportation Commissioner Joseph J. Giulietti today announced that towns and cities across Connecticut will receive $13.4 million in funding under a grant program to construct projects that support pedestrian and bicycle safety, as well as improved accessibility in the state.
The “Community Connectivity Grant Program” (CCGP) is an infrastructure improvement program that seeks to provide construction funding for local initiatives that will improve the safety and accessibility for bicyclists and pedestrians in urban, suburban and rural community centers. These community centers serve as places where people can meet for employment, educational, social and recreational activities.
The CCGP is one component of the broader Community Connectivity Program. The primary goal of the program is to make conditions safer for people of all ages to walk, bike and take transit, thereby encouraging more people to use these healthy and environmentally sustainable modes of travel. At the same time, these improvements will make Connecticut’s community centers more accessible places to live and work.
In 2017, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) solicited applications for grants from municipalities for projects that ranged between $75,000 and $400,000. A total of 80 applications were received. Every municipality in Connecticut was asked to submit one application. The first round of grants, awarded in fiscal year 2018, funded projects in 40 Communities. On December 11, 2018, the State Bond Commission approved additional funding for a second round of grants to construct the remaining 40 projects requested under the original solicitation. A list of the Communities receiving funding for the second round of grants, along with a brief description of the project, are as follows:
|
Community |
Brief Project Description |
Awarded Amount |
|
Andover |
Andover Center Safe Transit Initiative - create a trail head for the Hop River Rail Trail |
$297,620.00 |
|
Bethel |
Wooster Street Sidewalk Project |
$349,000.00 |
|
Bethlehem |
Bethlehem Main Street Sidewalks |
$300,300.00 |
|
Bloomfield |
Tunxis Avenue Sidewalk Extension |
$266,000.00 |
|
Bolton |
Bolton Center Connectivity - various pedestrian upgrades and gravel path in town center |
$186,110.00 |
|
Bridgeport |
Creating Bike Parking for Bridgeport |
$325,600.00 |
|
Bridgewater |
Center Street Connectivity Improvements - make a one-way road, signage, pavement markings for pedestrians |
$84,000.00 |
|
Brookfield |
Still River Greenway - Town Hall Access |
$207,355.00 |
|
Burlington |
Visibility Improvements Route 4 at Punch Brook/Barnes Hill Road |
$350,000.00 |
|
Canaan |
South and East End Corridor Link Project - sidewalk |
$400,000.00 |
|
Cheshire |
Sidewalk and Bike Improvements |
$386,100.00 |
|
Colchester |
Colchester Town Green Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Project |
$397,030.00 |
|
Coventry |
Main Street Sidewalk Extension |
$399,840.00 |
|
Cromwell |
Main Street and Geer Street Sidewalk Connectivity |
$397,200.00 |
|
Deep River |
River Street sidewalk connection |
$68,000.00 |
|
Durham |
Main Street Sidewalks |
$400,000.00 |
|
East Windsor |
Broad Brook Connection - paths to enhance pedestrian and bicycles |
$334,400.00 |
|
Guilford |
Boston Street Sidewalk Extension |
$285,667.00 |
|
Haddam |
Haddam Center Sidewalk Project |
$399,600.00 |
|
Hamden |
Pedestrian Connections and Traffic Calming Measures on Lane/Brook Street and Gilbert Avenue in the Wintergreen section |
$303,340.00 |
|
Hartford |
FILLING THE GAPS: PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CONNECTIONS - signage and pavement markings |
$400,000.00 |
|
Hebron |
Hebron Center/Air Line Trail Connector |
$399,033.00 |
|
Kent |
Kent Streetscape - Phase 1 (sidewalks, signage) |
$400,000.00 |
|
Litchfield |
White's Woods Road parking and road improvements in the proximity of pedestrian and bicycling trails (Litchfield Community Greenway Trails Project) |
$399,033.00 |
|
Madison |
Woodland Rd, Route 79 and Bradley Rd Sidewalk Construction |
$400,000.00 |
|
Meriden |
Coe Ave. School Route / Urban Trail Section |
$400,000.00 |
|
Montville |
Route 32/163 Intersection Improvement |
$378,000.00 |
|
Naugatuck |
Naugatuck Pedestrian / Bicyclist Road Improvement (updating existing sidewalks, signage and pavement markings) |
$399,735.00 |
|
New London |
Connectivity Improvements at Governor Winthrop Boulevard, Water Street, and Ferry Street. (Signals, sidewalks, crosswalks) |
$399,901.00 |
|
Norwalk |
Norwalk Bicycle and Pedestrian Connectivity Project (Sharrows and signage) |
$280,000.00 |
|
Norwich |
Franklin Square Safety Improvements (round about) |
$400,000.00 |
|
Oxford |
Riverside Walkway and Municipal Center Sidewalk |
$398,200.00 |
|
Seymour |
Woodside Avenue Sidewalk Project |
$262,964.14 |
|
Sprague |
Shetucket River Nature Style Walkway |
$400,000.00 |
|
Suffield |
Mapleton Avenue and Thompsonville Road Sidewalk Project |
$395,352.00 |
|
Vernon |
Rockville Center Connectivity (new and existing trails) |
$400,000.00 |
|
Watertown |
Bunker Hill Road Connectivity Project (RRFBs, sidewalks and pavement markings) |
$394,693.00 |
|
Westport |
Hills point RSA Enhancements (New Sidewalk) |
$307,649.00 |
|
Wolcott |
Dam Sidewalk Project |
$250,000.00 |
|
Woodbury |
Pedestrian Connectivity & Safety Enhancements (Crosswalk and Sidewalk improvement) |
$200,000.00 |
|
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|
$13,401,722.14 |
For more information on the Community Connectivity Program, please visit: http://ctconnectivity.com/.