康涅狄格州拨款1050万美元修步道：50个项目覆盖全州多用途步道网络
哈特福德消息：康涅狄格州州长内德·拉蒙特与州能源与环境保护部（DEEP）宣布，通过康涅狄格休闲步道拨款计划向全州50个项目发放约1050万美元，用于规划、建设、扩建、修复和改善多用途步道。州参议员凯茜·奥斯滕10月7日公布了其所在第19参议院选区的分配明细。
本轮拨款中，希伯伦镇的伯恩斯坦步道（自 Old Colchester Road 通往州立公园步道）获得193,120美元，用于规划、设计和建设；马尔伯勒镇的布莱克利奇河绿道步道三期获得196,950美元建设资金；蒙特维尔镇的奥克索博克索遗产多用途小径与泰晤士河蓝道项目获得80,000美元，用于规划和设计，三地合计约47万美元。
州政府表示，这批投资将提升户外休闲机会、加强社区之间的连接、促进公共健康，并支持康涅狄格不断增长的户外休闲经济。拨款经 DEEP 与康涅狄格绿道委员会竞争性评审后发放，资金此前已由州债券委员会划拨。
信息来源：州参议员奥斯滕办公室（EIN Presswire）https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/948018280/sen-osten-announces-nearly-500-000-in-trail-grants-for-19th-state-senate-district
Connecticut Awards $10.5 Million in Trail Grants for 50 Projects Statewide
HARTFORD — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) have awarded approximately $10.5 million in grants supporting 50 projects that will plan, build, expand, restore and improve multi-use trails across Connecticut, state Sen. Cathy Osten announced on Oct. 7.
In Osten's 19th Senate District, Hebron's Bernstein Trail, running from Old Colchester Road to the Air Line State Park Trail, will receive $193,120 for planning, design and construction. Marlborough's Blackledge River Greenway Trail Phase 3 will receive $196,950 for construction, and Montville's Oxoboxo Heritage Multi-Use Path and Thames River Blueway will receive $80,000 for planning and design — about $470,000 in total for the three towns.
State officials said the investments will enhance outdoor recreation opportunities, strengthen connections between communities, improve public health and support Connecticut's growing outdoor recreation economy. The grants are released through the Connecticut Recreational Trails Grant Program after a competitive review by DEEP in partnership with the Connecticut Greenways Council, with funding previously allocated by the State Bond Commission.
Source: Office of Sen. Cathy Osten (EIN Presswire) https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/948018280/sen-osten-announces-nearly-500-000-in-trail-grants-for-19th-state-senate-district
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