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NVCOG: BUILD (formerly RAISE) grant now moving to design, target Oct. 1 start
Summary
Regional planners said a federal BUILD (formerly RAISE) grant for closing multiple Naugatuck River Greenway gaps has cleared a key agreement stage with CT field office and was submitted to USDOT headquarters; a phased NEPA-first approach and local match strategy will be used to advance final design for multiple towns.
Rich Donovan, transportation planning director at the Northwest Hills Council of Governments (NVCOG), said Wednesday that the regional BUILD grant (formerly RAISE) award for multiple gap sections of the Naugatuck River Greenway is finally moving into the design phase after delays earlier this year.
Donovan said the project agreement with the Connecticut field office has been completed and “sent up to DOT headquarters to hopefully be signed in the next few weeks.” He added that the date given by the field office to put as the start on the agreement was Oct. 1.
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