The city was approved for a $2 million federal grant to come up with ways to knit back together neighborhoods cleaved when I-91 was built in the 1960s, officials said Thursday. The “Reconnecting Neighborhoods” grant comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Among other things, the $2 million grant will pay for design and a related community engagement process to find out how residents would like to see the long-bisected areas of the city stitched back together, said Mayor Justin Elicker. Among the areas the project is likely to affect are Fair Haven, Cedar Hill, East Rock, Wooster Square, Long Wharf, and the Hill, along with Downtown, said Alder Carolyn Smith, D-9, whose ward includes parts of the East Rock and Fair Haven sections. Fair Haven and East Rock are two areas that I-91’s completion split apart.
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