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Federal RAISE cancellation stalls multi-town Naugatuck River Greenway design
Summary
Regional planners said a cancelled $5.2 million RAISE award will force a piecemeal approach to design work, putting five projects that were near construction on hold and increasing pressure on local matches and timelines.
Regional planners told the Naugatuck River Greenway committee that a federal RAISE grant worth about $5,200,000 was canceled, leaving design work for roughly 12 miles of trail fragmented and putting five near-ready projects on hold.
Mark (presenter) said the award would have funded a consolidated design covering roughly 12 miles between Greenfield and Elm Street in Thomaston and would have enabled about 16 miles of built or designed sections. "We had been awarded about 5,200,000 under the federal RAISE program to do a full design of, you know, roughly 12 miles," he said. "Unfortunately, that program or that…
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