康涅狄格州再获1500万美元联邦偿付：用于2024年8月洪灾路桥修复
位于美国东北部的康涅狄格州州长 Ned Lamont 与该州国会代表团10月22日在州府 Hartford 宣布，美国联邦公路管理局 FHWA 已再批准1,500万美元紧急救济资金，偿付康涅狄格州交通厅 CTDOT 修复2024年8月洪灾受损道路和桥梁的费用。洪灾发生于2024年8月18日，重创康涅狄格州西部地区。
州长办公室称，加上这笔新批准的资金，联邦对这场洪灾的紧急救济总额达到4,300万美元；此前 FHWA 已在2024年9月批准300万美元快速拨付资金，并在2025年10月批准2,500万美元偿付。目前路桥修复总成本估计约5,100万美元，新批准的1,500万美元使联邦偿付覆盖了其中大部分。州长办公室介绍，CTDOT 在洪灾后先动用自有可用资金抢修并重开道路和桥梁，联邦偿付将把这部分资金补回，使交通厅其他项目能按计划推进。康涅狄格州州长 Ned Lamont 在通报中表示，这笔联邦偿付有助于确保应急修复不挤占其他项目；交通专员 Garrett Eucalitto 表示，资金补回了州政府为让康涅狄格州在洪灾后恢复通行所动用的资源。
州长办公室还表示，位于 New Haven County 的 Oxford 和 Southbury 两地的三座桥梁正在为今后的建设项目做设计，其费用同样符合紧急救济资金的偿付资格。这项宣布由康涅狄格州州长 Ned Lamont 与美国参议员 Richard Blumenthal、Chris Murphy 以及美国众议员 Rosa DeLauro、Jim Himes 和 Jahana Hayes 共同作出。（GSM 据康涅狄格州州长办公室10月22日通报报道）
Connecticut Receives Another $15 Million in Federal Reimbursement: For Road and Bridge Repairs After August 2024 Floods
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont and the state's congressional delegation announced in Hartford on October 22 that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has approved another $15 million in emergency relief to reimburse the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) for road and bridge repairs after the August 2024 flooding in western Connecticut. The flooding followed the historic rainfall event of August 18, 2024.
According to the governor's office, the new approval brings total federal emergency relief for the storm to $43 million. FHWA previously approved $3 million in quick-release funds in September 2024 and a $25 million reimbursement in October 2025. The total cost of the road and bridge repairs is now estimated at about $51 million, so the federal reimbursements cover most of that cost. The governor's office said CTDOT began using its own available money to make repairs and reopen roads and bridges as soon as the storm hit, and the federal reimbursements replace that money so other department projects can go ahead as planned. Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said in the announcement that the reimbursement helps ensure emergency work does not come at the expense of other projects, and Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto said the money puts back resources the state used to get Connecticut moving again after the flooding.
The governor's office also said three bridges in Oxford and Southbury, in New Haven County, are being designed for a future construction project, and those costs are also eligible for emergency relief funding. The announcement was made jointly with U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro, Jim Himes and Jahana Hayes. (GSM, based on the October 22 announcement from the Office of the Connecticut Governor)
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