FY2027 Community Project Funding Request Disclosure

Rep. Courtney has submitted the following funding requests for important projects in Connecticut's Second District to the House Appropriations Committee.

Under guidelines issued by the Appropriations Committee, each Representative may request funding for up to 20 projects in their community for fiscal year 2027 – although fewer may actually be funded. Projects are restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities are permitted to receive funding. 

In compliance with House Rules and Committee requirements, Rep. Courtney has certified that he, his spouse, and his immediate family have no financial interest in any of the projects he has requested and has identified the federal statute authorizing the funding for each project.

AGRICULTURE

Groton Accessible Public Facilities Infrastructure

Request: $405,900
Address: 295 Meridian Street, Groton, CT 06340
Subcommittee: Agriculture
Agency and Account: USDA – Rural Development / Rural Housing Service / Rural Community Facilities Program
Description: This project would address accessibility gaps that prevent residents and visitors from fully using public facilities, parks, and civic spaces, including the development of a comprehensive ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Accessibility Audit and Transition Plan covering municipal properties, the construction of an ADA-compliant public entrance to the Groton Police Department, and provide infrastructure upgrades to improve accessibility in Washington Park.
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Town of Lebanon Vehicle Replacements Supporting Rural Transportation and Infrastructure

Request: $442,000
Address: 579 Exeter Road, Lebanon, CT 06249
Subcommittee: Agriculture
Agency and Account: USDA – Rural Development / Rural Housing Service / Rural Community Facilities Program
Description: This project would replace three aging pieces of public works equipment, including a 2013 2.5-yard Mason dump truck, a 2007 pickup truck used for daily maintenance operations, and a 2011 3-yard bucket loader used for loading salt and sand and supporting road work. These vehicles are critical, front-line assets used daily to maintain approximately 93 miles of paved roads and 20 miles of unpaved dirt roads in town.
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Peake Brook Surface Water Treatment Plant Repairs & Upgrades

Request: $1,000,000
Address: Peake Brooke Surface Water Treatment Plant, 36 Peake Brook Rd, Woodstock, CT 06281
Subcommittee: Agriculture
Agency and Account: USDA – Rural Development / Rural Utilities Service / Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program
Description: This project would fund necessary repairs and equipment replacement at Putnam’s surface water treatment plant at Peake Brook Road. The facility initially came online in 1994 and has surpassed its life expectancy by 7 years. This project is comprised of a total upgrade to the water tanks and filtration system, including the refurbishment of all four water tanks, installation of new media, motors and valves, paddles, and floats, and the replacement of the air scourer and sedimentation honeycombs.
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Town of Vernon Clerk Vault Upgrades

Request: $1,000,000
Address: 14 Park Place, Vernon, CT 06066
Subcommittee: Agriculture
Agency and Account: USDA – Rural Development / Rural Housing Service / Rural Community Facilities Program
Description: This project would expand and update the Town Clerk’s Office vault to preserve vital municipal records. The current vault lacks environmental controls, putting town records at significant risk of destruction and loss. The funding will be used to expand and update the vault, creating secure, climate-controlled storage to safeguard records from moisture and temperature fluctuations and to align with best practices for municipal records management.
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COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND SCIENCE

Town of Stonington Inner Breakwater Rehabilitation

Request: $2,000,000
Address: 152 Elm Street, Stonington, CT 06378
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, and Science
Agency and Account: Department of Commerce / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Coastal Zone Management
Description: The funding would be used to implement phase one of Stonington Harbor’s inner breakwater. Total rehabilitation will include installation of a silt fence, turbidity curtain, mixed rubble underlayer, reuse of armor stone and granite bollards, and implementation of demobilization measures. As it stands, the breakwater has failed in two places where waves regularly wash over the structure during high tides. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it will prevent further deterioration threatening over $11 million in annual business income and more than $850,000 in annual residential property taxes, posing an extreme risk to the Town’s fiscal wellbeing and potential need for external financial relief.
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Mitchell College Cybersecurity and Applied STEM Workforce Initiative

Request: $1,400,000
Address: 437 Pequot Ave, New London, CT 06320
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science
Agency and Account: Department of Commerce / National Institute of Standards and Technology – Scientific and Technical Research and Services
Description: This project would upstart a Cybersecurity and Applied STEM Workforce Initiative. The funding will purchase equipment and software to develop a simulation laboratory to replicate real-world industrial environments. The lab will be used to train students in interconnected digital, instrumentation, and monitoring systems that mirror real industrial workplaces in biomedical and diagnostic settings, defense industry, and cybersecurity.
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Mamacoke Island Aquatic Habitat Restoration Project

Request: $1,000,000
Address: Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science
Agency and Account: Department of Commerce / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Coastal Zone Management
Description: The project will restore and stabilize 11.58 acres of tidal wetlands, freshwater habitat, and stream corridor within the Mamacoke Conservation Area in Waterford, Connecticut. The Mamacoke marsh has experienced measurable degradation, including marsh erosion, biodiversity loss, and displacement of native vegetation by invasive phragmites. A marsh tributary flowing from the College campus and Route 32 is rapidly eroding, carrying sediment into the march, where it accumulates and degrades habitat. This further reduces water quality as sediment moves toward the Thames River, affecting the broader river ecosystem. This project converts over a decade of site-based research and monitoring conducted by Connecticut College faculty and students into active restoration.
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Town of Stafford Police Cruiser Replacement

Request: $155,300
Address: 1 Main Street, Stafford, CT 06076
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science
Agency and Account: Department of Justice / State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance / Byrne Justice Grants
Description: This project purchase two new fully-equipped police cruisers to help update an ageing fleet in the Town of Stafford’s Police Department. The two cruisers have exceeded their service life and require ongoing and increasingly costly maintenance. The funds will be used to purchase two upgraded cruisers including emergency lighting, communications systems, and necessary public safety equipment to enhance reliability, officer safety, and timely emergency response.
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Groton Police Department Communication Upgrades and Interoperability

Request: $665,000
Address: 295 Meridian Street, Groton, CT 06340
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science
Agency and Account: Department of Justice / Community Oriented Policing Services – Technology and Equipment
Description: This project would upgrade outdated individual emergency response and dispatch center communications systems and improve interoperability for community partners. The funding will support the replacement of handheld, vehicle and console radios, computer towers to power the software, and monitors that interact with the communications systems to provide on-screen push-to-talk capabilities, recording, playback, and channel selection. The funding will also support the replacement of backup battery racks in the case of power failure, the replacement of monitor screens connected to five traffic intersection cameras covering evacuation routes, and installation of a high-efficiency A/C and heat unit to protect the equipment.
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New London Communications Cell Site and Interoperable Radio Infrastructure Project

Request: $2,000,000
Address: 181 State Street, New London, CT 06320
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science
Agency and Account: Department of Justice / Community Oriented Policing Services – Technology and Equipment
Description: This project would support the acquisition and implementation of a municipal communications cellular site and interoperable radio infrastructure. The New London Police Department will upgrade its public safety communications system by connecting to the Connecticut Land Mobile Radio Network (CLMRN), the statewide interoperable radio system used by state and local public safety agencies.
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HOMELAND SECURITY

Stonington Public Safety Radio Network Connectivity Project

Request: $181,900
Address: 152 Elm Street, Stonington, CT 06378
Subcommittee: Homeland Security
Agency and Account: Federal Emergency Management Agency – Emergency Operations Centers
Description: This project would fund the purchase and installation of microwave link equipment and conducting a wind-load study to ensure the installation meets safety standards to enable the Town of Stonington to better connect to the statewide emergency communications system. This solution would create essential redundancy, provide backup, and strengthen communication for agencies that rely on it, including police, fire, and medical services.
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CIRCA Flood Hazard and Risk Mitigation

Request: $1,999,605
Address: 1084 Shennecossett Rd, Groton, CT 06340
Subcommittee: Homeland Security
Agency and Account: Federal Emergency Management Agency – Pre-Disaster Mitigation
Description: This project would implement locally supported risk reduction plans and to install flood sensors in communities at risk of flooding with technical assistance and leadership by the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA).
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INTERIOR AND ENVIRONMENT

Glenwood Road, Ellington Safe Drinking Water Initiative

Request: $550,000
Address: 55 Main Street, Ellington, CT 06029
Subcommittee: Interior and Environment
Agency and Account: EPA / State and Tribal Assistance Grants – Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Description: This project provides a permanent solution to a documented drinking water quality concern that has affected residents of Glenwood Road for many years. The funding would be used to extend the existing public water main approximately 1,250 linear feet from its current terminus near 8 Glenwood Road to the end of the roadway at 33 Glenwood Road. The project will include engineering, permitting, materials, and construction necessary to provide service to the remaining residences.
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Town of Enfield Thompsonville Sewer Upgrades

Request: $2,000,000
Address: South River Street, Enfield, CT 06082
Subcommittee: Interior and Environment
Agency and Account: EPA / State and Tribal Assistance Grants – Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Description: The funding would be used advance the study, design, and initial construction of critical improvements to aging wastewater infrastructure serving the Thompsonville section of Enfield.
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Windham Raw Water Intake and Pumping Resiliency

Request: $2,000,000
Address: Windham Water Works, 174 Storrs Rd, Mansfield Center, CT 06250
Subcommittee: Interior and Environment
Agency and Account: EPA / State and Tribal Assistance Grants – Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Description: This project would construct a pump station building for an updated primary raw water intake and pump station. The existing pump was installed in 1885 and lacks redundancy, is vulnerable to flooding, and is unable to meet projected growth demands. The new intake and pump station will be elevated above the five-hundred-year floodplain to account for increased frequency and intensity of precipitation and strengthen long term resilience.
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Mansfield Middle School Stormwater Management Upgrades

Request: $2,000,000
Address: Mansfield Middle School, 205 Spring Hill Road, Mansfield, CT 06268
Subcommittee: Interior and Environment
Agency and Account: EPA / State and Tribal Assistance Grants – Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Description: This project would address Mansfield Middle School's aging stormwater management infrastructure, much of which dates back to construction in 1968. Given its age, this infrastructure predates contemporary stormwater regulations and runoff from impervious surfaces is not adequately treated before entering the local watershed. Using a treatment train model, Mansfield will implement modern stormwater management practices that capture, treat, and infiltrate runoff from the site, thereby reducing pollutants entering nearby waterways and promoting groundwater recharge.
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TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Norwich Public Safety & Community Response Center Design

Request: $2,000,000
Address: City of Norwich, 100 Broadway, Norwich, CT 06360
Subcommittee: Transportation & Housing and Urban Development
Agency and Account: HUD/Community Planning and Development – Economic Development Initiatives
Description: This project would fund the design and planning phase of the new Norwich Public Safety & Community Response Center. Norwich recently acquired the former Chelsea Groton Bank building to host its public safety departments and will need to retrofit the existing building to meet the needs of the City’s police department and other emergency/public safety services.
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Culvert Replacement under East Street, Stafford

Request: $2,000,000
Address: Route 19, East Street, Stafford, CT 06615 (via CT Department of Transportation, 2800 Berlin Turnpike, Newington, CT 06111)
Subcommittee: Transportation & Housing and Urban Development
Agency and Account: DOT/Federal Highway Administration – Highway Infrastructure Programs
Description: This project would replace the existing 60-feet-long, 3.5-feet-wide, and 3-feet-tall dry laid stone masonry clapper culvert on East Street in Stafford, CT by the Connecticut Department of Transportation.
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Signalized Intersection Improvements on Route 32 in Waterford

Request: $2,000,000
Address: Route 32 and SR 693 at the intersection of Old Norwich Road, Waterford, CT 06375 (via CT Department of Transportation, 2800 Berlin Turnpike, Newington, CT 06111)
Subcommittee: Transportation & Housing and Urban Development
Agency and Account: DOT/Federal Highway Administration – Highway Infrastructure Programs
Description: This project would make critical improvements to the intersection of Route 32, State Route 693, and Old Norwich Road in Waterford, CT to decrease incidence of crashes and related congestion. This will be achieved by shifting all existing lanes to the west and adding a dedicated right turning lane from the northbound side of Route 32 to the Montville Connector. The existing right-most travel lane will be converted to a combination thru and turning lane. The addition of this lane is one component of a larger reconfiguration project currently in design-phase to address a notable concentration of congestion and congestion-related crashes at the existing intersection.
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Rehabilitation of the Baldwin Bridge

Request: $2,000,000
Address: Baldwin Bridges No. 06200A and 06200B, Old Saybrook (via CT Department of Transportation, 2800 Berlin Turnpike, Newington, CT 06111)
Subcommittee: Transportation & Housing and Urban Development
Agency and Account: DOT/Federal Highway Administration – Highway Infrastructure Programs
Description: This project would repair and reinforce the superstructure of the Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge (Br. No. 062500A/B) to increase the bridge’s load rating, minimize traffic interruption and congestion, and extend the lifespan of the structure.
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