After years of broken promises and delays the Congress Street Bridge linking downtown and the East Side over the Pequonnock River may finally after nearly three decades be rebuilt thanks to a massive infusion of federal dollars. On Thursday U.S. Rep. Jim Himes and U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, all Connecticut Democrats, announced that the beleaguered project is receiving a $24.6 million grant from the federal transportation department. The Ganim administration applied for that federal money a year ago. The bridge replacement went out to bid in the summer of 2022 and four contractors’ responded with prices that were at least double the initial $24 million estimate being split by the city and state. Those new amounts were $42.55 million, $48.04 million, $56.93 million and $57.63 million.
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