As part of the Department of Transportation’s Community Connectivity Grant Program, nearly $12 million in grants are going to 17 municipalities throughout the state.

This is the seventh round of such awards through the program, which supports local infrastructure improvements specifically designed to make travel safer and more accessible for both pedestrians and bicyclists. 

Local communities tend to thrive more when pedestrian and bicycle traffic is encouraged. It not only improves the overall quality of life for residents, but helps local small businesses increase their customer base. 

The grants approved under this seventh round include:

• Ansonia: Safe Route to Ansonia Middle School and Ansonia Riverwalk Segment 8 ($789,000)
• Berlin: Hubbard/Griswold School Sidewalk Improvements ($800,000)
• Branford: Pathways Improvement Plan ($800,000)
• Bristol: Emmett Street Sidewalks ($569,106)
• Brookfield: Still River Greenway Trail Connector ($659,600)
• Chester: West Main Street Sidewalk Improvement Project ($477,010)
• Manchester: Downtown Manchester Cycle Track ($800,000)
• Marlborough: Town Center Sidewalk Extension ($348,224)
• New Haven: East Street Cycle Track ($786,554)
• North Haven: North Haven Connectivity Project ($784,000)
• Norwalk: East Wall Street Streetscape Improvements ($800,000)
• Old Lyme: Halls Road Sidewalk Project ($800,000)
• Plainfield: Shepard Hill Elementary School Pedestrian Safety Improvements ($800,000)
• Salisbury: Connectivity and Safety: Sharon Road from the Hotchkiss School to Lakeville Town Center ($800,000)
• West Hartford: West Hartford Center to Trout Brook Trail Bicycle Connector ($384,552)
• Wethersfield: Sidewalk Safety, Gap Closure and Expansion ($750,000)
• Windsor Locks: Old Country Road Pedestrian Improvements ($800,000)

Increasing safety and enhancing connectivity in our communities is an ongoing transportation priority and these grants help fund targeted projects focused on this goal.

Here's more information about the Community Connectivity Grant Program. 

You can also read about the latest grants under the program in this article from the New Haven Register.