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New Haven is aggressively focused on a sustainable economic recovery, built on high-skill jobs and an intermodal transportation infrastructure. With this focus, the City of New Haven, in partnership with the State of Connecticut and Winstanley Enterprises, is seeking $36.23 million in TIGER grant funding in support of Phase 1 of the Downtown Crossing project in the Route 34 corridor.

Downtown Crossing replaces the unfinished Route 34 highway with an urban boulevard and up to 10 developable acres of land, in the heart of the Yale School of Medicine / Yale-New Haven Hospital medical district. By leveraging significant private investment through the construction of public infrastructure, new jobs are being created in cutting-edge research companies affiliated with Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Yale School of Medicine. Downtown Crossing, at full build out, will create over 4,000 permanent jobs, and help New Haven emerge from the recession as a global center of influence in health science industries.

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Port Infrastructure Improvements

Port Infrastructure ImprovementsThe New Haven Port Authority has filed an application for TIGER grant funding in the amount of $41,271,952 to support projects within the port district. The Port Authority, terminal operators, businesses and property owners within the district have identified several projects that will improve the efficient movement of freight through the port. All of the projects identified for funding are consistent with the Land Use Plan adopted by the Port Authority in 2007. They include the reconstruction of Waterfront Street, with the installation of the rail crossings, construction of rail spurs at two terminal as well as improvements to tank and new pipelines to facilitate the transport of renewable fuels.

In addition the North Yard, which is considered to be the only area within the port district available for a more intense maritime use has a project to increase the bulkhead 1100 feet along the Quinnipiac River, undertake dredging and construct a pipeline to accommodate the needs of a proposed bio diesel production facility on that site. The Port Authority is requesting funds to construct a warehouse on East Shore Parkway and acquire equipment needed to facilitate the movement of refrigerated-containerized cargo.

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