SEN. CABRERA WELCOMES $1 MILLION STATE GRANT FOR BEACON FALLS ROADWORK

State Senator Jorge Cabrera (D-Hamden) today welcomed a $1 million state grant that will rehabilitate several streets in Beacon Falls.

Governor Ned Lamont announced today that he’s releasing $30 million in state grants to 46 small towns in Connecticut that will be used to complete a wide variety of infrastructure improvements, such as road safety reconstruction projects, emergency management upgrades, sidewalk and pedestrian safety enhancements, educational and recreational facility upgrades, and other kinds of capital improvement projects.

The grants include $1 million for funding in Beacon Falls for Maple, Century, and Division Roadway rehabilitation and complete streets improvements. This will be matched by $927,150 from the town.

“Good roads are a basic necessity and a public expectation in every town, but what we’re seeing in Beacon Falls goes beyond basic to include their ‘complete streets’ concept where the roads are usable for a wide variety of people, whether they’re elderly, on bicycles, or handicapped,” said Sen. Cabrera. “I look forward to the successful completion of this joint venture between the town and the state to improve mobility near the town center for all our residents.”

The grants are being provided through the Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP), a state program managed by the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management that delivers grants to small towns for economic development, community conservation, and quality-of-life capital projects.

In addition to the grants from the state, each municipality is also contributing funds, bringing the total spent on the 48 projects to $43.4 million in a combination of state, local, and other funding sources.