City leaders’ ongoing plans to improve downtown’s walkability, appearance and economic viability received a recent boost with a $4 million state grant. The new funds will support the $17 million Streetscape Renaissance Project, which calls for redesigned sidewalks and roadway improvements as well as other enhancements like landscape improvements in areas like the intersection of Main, West and Liberty streets. In addition to new sidewalks, the city could see landscape improvements like new tree plantings to replace aging trees whose root systems are lifting and damaging sidewalks. The new funding towards the effort comes from the state’s Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program, or LOTCIP. Such funds support municipal projects including streetscapes, sidewalks, pedestrian bridges, and traffic improvements. Danbury received its share through the Western Connecticut Council of Governments and the state Department of Transportation.
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