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RESOLUTION OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT A GRANT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT PROGRAM, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE I-91 NEIGHBORHOOD RECONNECTION INITIATIVE.
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has established the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program ("RCP") Grant Opportunity, which is dedicated to reconnecting communities that were historically cut off from economic opportunities due to the erection of transportation infrastructure;
WHEREAS, funding from the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program (the "RCP Program") supports planning grants to restore community connectivity through the removal, retrofit, mitigation, or replacement of eligible transportation infrastructure facilities;
WHEREAS, the RCP Program seeks to redress the legacy of harm caused by transportation infrastructure, including barriers to opportunity, displacement, damage to the environment and public health, limited access, and other hardships;
WHEREAS, in pursuit of this goal, the RCP Program will support and engage economically disadvantaged communities to increase affordable, accessible, and multimodal access to daily destinations like jobs, healthcare, grocery stores, schools, places of worship, recreation, and park space;
WHEREAS, the construction of Interstate 91 (I-91) in New Haven created a substantial barrier, partitioning the City into distinct eastern and western quadrants, disrupting the social and economic fabric of our neighborhoods;
WHEREAS, the City of New Haven (the "City") proposes to seek RCP Program Community
Planning funding, along with $400,000 from a mix of local and federal sources to explore ways to break down barriers and bolster connectivity across the affected areas, from Long Wharf to Fair Haven, by undertaking the following tasks: 1) developing a buildable strategy for reconnecting the neighborhoods...
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