$400K Fed Grant Supports New Haven's Safe Routes For All Plan: City

NEW HAVEN, CT —The $400,000 in federal funding awarded to New Haven to help implement the city’s existing Safe Routes for All plan, will help upgrade and improve the design, safety, and infrastructure of several key intersections and corridors across the city, officials said.

New Haven’s Safe Routes for All plan was adopted in September 2022 and is the city’s first active transportation plan.

The plan seeks to reorient New Haven’s transportation system away from an outdated car-centric model to one that is more inclusive of walking, biking, riding public transportation, and other active modes of transportation. The plan results in "safer, healthier, and more equitable options for residents," according to Mayor Justin Elicker's office.

The grant will specifically be used to support several "quick-build projects outlined in the plan, helping to upgrade and improve the safety of several key intersections and corridors," officials said. Those include Blatchley Avenue in Fair Haven, Bassett Street in Newhallville, Kimberly Avenue in The Hill, Winthrop/Sherman Avenue in Dwight, and Wintergreen Avenue in West Rock.

The federal funding is awarded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program, a new program established to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries.