Connecticut received a $700,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration to study of transit-oriented development opportunities in the Hartford line corridor, which covers New Haven, Hartford and Springfield, Mass.
Connecticut will match the federal funding with $200,000 of its own, Gov. Dannel Malloy said Sept. 15.
"The economic opportunities across the Hartford Line corridor - from New Haven, through Hartford, and extending to our northern border - are exceptional. This grant will help us identify the projects that will give the biggest bang for our buck," Malloy said in a statement.
Connecticut was selected on a competitive basis through the U.S. Department of Transportation's transit-oriented development pilot planning program. The state Department of Transportation will receive funding to advance development at new stations in North Haven, Newington, West Hartford and Enfield, as well as relocated stations in Windsor and Windsor Locks.
This grant will help the state agency and its partners implement a corridor strategy to increase ridership, enhance affordable housing opportunities, create mixed-use development to activate station areas and link people to jobs.
