State officials recently unveiled an Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Dashboard, to help Connecticut residents visualize how and where over half of the $6.4 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funds the state has received will be allocated. Per the dashboard, passenger and freight rail projects represent the largest recipient of federal funds, with roads, bridges and other major projects coming in second. While the dashboard does not give a complete picture of the state’s BIL fund allocation, with only about $3.7 billion worth of the total $6.4 billion in projects being included, state officials intend to update it over time. Of the $3.7 billion mapped on the dashboard, a little over $2 billion, or about 54% of the mapped funds, were granted for rail projects, and approximately $1.28 billion, or about 35%, were granted for roads, bridges and other major projects. In total, 497 BIL-funded projects focus on transportation, 53 are climate-related, two are broadband-related, and another two are listed as “other”; one “other” item is funding for the instruction of smart manufacturing college courses, and another is for a fish-passage project in Naugatuck Valley.
State unveils dashboard to track Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds