East Hartford has received $262,750 through the Connecticut Recreational Trails Grant Program to help address erosion and flooding issues at Great River Park on East River Drive, part of $10 million in grants announced by Gov. Ned Lamont and the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection earlier this month to make improvements to 45 multi-use trails across the state. Marc A. Nicol, director of park planning and development for Riverfront Recapture, which manages the park, said that the funds will be used to hire a consultant engineer to do survey work and determine the elevations of certain areas of the river walk. He said that the project will start at the edge of the parking lot, where the amphitheater is, and go south toward Charter Oak Bridge.
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