Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is releasing $30 million in state grants to 46 small towns in Connecticut (including Ridgefield) 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.
Ridgefield will receive $280,640 in state funding for concrete endwall replacement on Canterbury Lane. This will be matched by $102,160 from the town.
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 (OPM) 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.