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Board of Alders approves consent agenda, including $11.04M USDOT safety grant and $2.85M for Ferry Street
Summary
The New Haven Board of Alders approved a broad consent agenda that included event-related street closures, disposition of several city parcels to the New Haven Land Bank, acceptance of a $2.85 million state safety grant for Ferry Street and a $11,040,000 U.S. Department of Transportation Safe Streets grant for Chapel Street.
The New Haven Board of Alders approved a sweeping consent agenda that included event-related street closures, several property dispositions to the New Haven Land Bank Incorporated, and grant acceptances for street-safety and planning projects.
Committee members described plans that, if funded and implemented, would improve pedestrian and bicycle safety at multiple locations. A city committee recommended acceptance of $2,850,000 in state funding to make safety upgrades on Ferry Street, noting the award requires city design work but no local match. "The funding does not require match, but it does require the city to design the project," a committee representative said. The proposed work would add raised intersections, upgraded sidewalks and crosswalks to slow traffic and improve access for people with disabilities.
The board also received a committee recommendation to accept an $11,040,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation under the Safe Streets and Roads for All program. A committee speaker summarized the Chapel Street scope: "This section of Chapel Street is especially important because it connects several neighborhoods to downtown… The funding will support a wide range of safety upgrades," including traffic-signal improvements, pedestrian warning lights, curb ramp upgrades, sidewalk repairs, curb extensions and some conversions from one-way to two-way traffic.
Other consent items approved included authorization to apply for and accept a per-capita public-health grant in the amount of $293,007.06 and multiple temporary road closures to support the sixteenth annual Front Street family festival, the 2026 parade and the New Haven Grand Prix. The board also moved to convey a set of city-owned parcels (including addresses on Bassett, Butler, Lewall and Reed streets, and Shelton Avenue) to the New Haven Land Bank Incorporated for stewardship and future use, at a nominal price of $1 each, consistent with the committee recommendation.
The motions were moved and seconded as part of the consent agenda and approved by voice vote. Following approval, staff and relevant departments were tasked to proceed with application steps, project design, and coordination with state and federal agencies as required by each grant program.
