Glastonbury To Receive State Road Maintenance Funds

The Town of Glastonbury is among the towns and cities in Connecticut that will receive Town Aid Road funding, according to an announcement Monday from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.

The funding is the second of two $30 million installments of Town Aid Road funding for local municipalities in the 2016 fiscal year, according to Malloy.

Under the Town Aid Road program, municipalities can use the funding for a variety of purposes, including construction of maintenance of highways and bridges, snow removal, the trimming and removal of trees, the installation of traffic signs and signals, and for providing and operating essential public transportation services and related facilities.

Glastonbury will receive $461,027, according to the governor’s announcement.

“Our towns appreciate this funding and can use it to supplement their own local budgets,” Department of Transportation Commissioner James P. Redeker said in a statement. “It is important that this funding is in place now, so that towns can plan for the road work they need to begin this spring.”

In addition, an allocation of $68.9 million also has been approved to cover the costs associated with resurfacing state roadways this year. The state’s road paving program will begin in earnest on April 1, the traditional start of the construction season in Connecticut.

Funding for both the Town Aid Road grants and statewide road paving were approved at last Friday’s meeting of the State Bond Commission.

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