Transportation & Infrastructure
NORWICH, CT – This week in Groton, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) joined the Connecticut Airport Authority at the Groton-New London Airport to discuss federal funding on its way to support needed infrastructure upgrades at the airport.
Over $4.3 million in FAA Airport Improvement Program funding will support airport drainage improvements. The Airport Improvement Program is funded through annual appropriations by Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) celebrated a new $1.495 million grant from the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program awarded to the Groton-New London airport for construction of new taxiway drainage.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Joe Courtney, Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, voted to pass the final FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney released the following statement after the Connecticut Department of Transportation was awarded $35,700,000 in federal funding to support the modernization and expansion of the Windham Region Transit District (WRTD) and University of Con
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney announced a $3.9 million federal grant from the Maritime Administration to make significant infrastructure improvements to the Cross Sound Ferry Terminal in New London, Connecticut.
[HARTFORD, CT] – Today, U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02), John Larson (CT-01), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) announced nearly $17 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support five traffic safety projects across Connecticut. The funds are awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program established to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries.
Since the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act became law, it has provided $3.7 billion to eastern Connecticut towns to make critical projects a reality.
As more federal funding from the Infrastructure Law comes to eastern Connecticut over the next three years, I want to know your infrastructure priorities. I hope you will take a moment to complete my survey. Your input helps shape my work.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney alongside the Connecticut Congressional delegation and state leaders announced the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded Amtrak an $826,645,100 grant to support the replacement of the 116-year-old Connecticut River Bridge between Old Saybrook and Old Lyme, Connecticut. The funding will allow Amtrak to build a modern and resilient new moveable bridge immediately south of the existing structure.
HARTFORD–Members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation announced that the state will receive $6.5 million from the U.S.