Greenwich Receives Grant to Fix Glenville Traffic Woes

GREENWICH, CT - Greenwich is one of 10 municipalities around the state to receive a grant to help pay for traffic improvements.

And the money is earmarked for one of the heavily travelled areas in the western end of town.

Greenwich will receive $2 million to upgrade existing traffic signal system along the Glenville corridor and to make geometric improvements to the Glenville Road/Pemberwick Road intersection, according to an announcement Tuesday from Gov. Dannel Malloy.

The grant was awarded under the Federal Highway Administration’s Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program, which funds projects that improve air quality and reduce traffic congestion. To qualify, municipalities must demonstrate that their projects will result in reduced vehicle exhaust emissions and, at the same time, be cost effective. A total of $20 million was awarded to 10 towns and three transit districts across Connecticut.

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“ Growing and modernizing our transportation system in a way that’s beneficial to air quality is absolutely critical,” Malloy said in a statement. “We must keep working to provide a best-in-class transportation system - the future of our state hinges on it.”

Photo: the intersection of Glenville and Pemberwick roads in Greenwich. Credit: Google maps.