Courtney Applauds $35.7M Federal Infrastructure Law Grant for Windham Region Transit District-UConn Bus Infrastructure

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 Connecticut Bus Facility in Mansfield, CT. The funding is made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which Courtney helped pass in 2021.  

“This 2021 Infrastructure Law grant award is great news for bus service in eastern Connecticut. The project will double the size of the current WRTD-UConn bus facility in Mansfield, which supports both WRTD and UConn bus service, and upgrade the facility to support a up to 50 zero emission electric buses,” Courtney said. “In an area with so many college students at UConn and Eastern Connecticut State University who rely on public transportation, and with so much new housing along Route 195 in Mansfield, this project is really a perfect fit. It’s exactly the type of targeted investment in our communities that the Infrastructure Law was passed to make possible. Four years after Congress passed the bill, it continues to pay dividends for eastern Connecticut.” 

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