Nearly $12 Million in Grants to 17 Municipalities for Projects to Improve Transportation Safety and Mobility

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In West Hartford, it is the West Hartford Center to Trout Brook Trail Bicycle Connector; in New Haven, it is the East Street Cycle Track; in Brookfield it is the Still River Greenway Trail Connector; and in Plainfield, it is Pedestrian Safety Improvements alongside a local elementary school.

They are among nearly $12 million in grants to 17 towns and cities for projects that will improve transportation safety and mobility, announced by state leaders towards the end of 2025. 

The grants are being awarded through the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s Community Connectivity Grant Program (CCGP). Now in its seventh round of awards, this state-funded program provides seeks to improve accommodations for bicyclists and pedestrians in urban, suburban and rural community centers.

The goal of the CCGP is to make conditions safer and more accommodating for pedestrians and bicyclists, thereby encouraging more people to use these healthy and environmentally sustainable modes of travel. Making these improvements will make Connecticut’s community centers more attractive places to live and work.

“Connecting residents with their communities through these projects is vital to boosting economic development, creating dynamic town centers, and encouraging alternative modes of transportation like walking or biking,” Governor Lamont as the new round of municipal grant recipients was announced. “Supporting this program improves the quality of life for towns and cities across the state.”

“We remain focused on increasing safety and enhancing connectivity across Connecticut,” Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto said. “This grant program, which helps fund these important community-driven projects, is an integral part of our mission. This state funding is helping towns and cities deliver important projects.”

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)

The funding limits for grants awarded in this solicitation can only be used for construction activities that range from $100,000 to $800,000. To date, 155 awards totaling approximately $74 million have been invested from this program into Connecticut’s towns and cities, according to state officials.

Municipalities selected to receive grants are expected to complete the projects within three years.  For more information about the Community Connectivity Grant Program, visit portal.ct.gov/ccgp.