Orange Receives $500,000 STEAP Grant

The Town of Orange will receive a $500,000 grant to aid in the extension of Edison Road to Marsh Hill Road. The project will open the road to a major thoroughfare opposite United Illuminating’s new corporate headquarters, will open up over 60 acres for productive economic use, and will enhance the town’s ability to attract additional private investments and create new employment opportunities.  In addition, the extension will provide traffic relief to local roadways.  

“This half-million dollar STEAP grant provides a well-timed financial boost for the Town of Orange and its residents. I’m grateful to Governor Malloy and the Office of Policy and Management for their favorable consideration of our application,” State Senator Gayle S. Slossberg (D-Milford) said. “That part of town has become increasingly busy in recent years with considerable retail expansion, as an alternative to the Boston Post Road, and now with the Yale University West Campus on the former Bayer property. The extension of Edison Road will improve circulation throughout the neighborhood to the benefit of residents, commuters, shoppers, and public safety personnel.”  

“This grant could not have come at a better time and is a perfect fit for Governor Malloy’s efforts to attract new businesses and stimulate job growth,” State Representative Paul Davis (D-Orange, Milford, West Haven) said. “It is the final funding necessary to complete the project, which will benefit the economic development and productivity of the community by creating a frontage along two major parcels of land and opening up over 60 acres for productive economic use.  In addition to the economic value, the construction of the road will provide traffic relief to local and state roadways, as well as direct access to the new PEZ Visitor Center at its U.S. Corporate Headquarters in Orange.” 

State Representative Themis Klarides (R-Derby, Orange, Woodbridge) said, “Local officials have identified this as a vital growth area, and this grant is an example of the positive role the state can play in economic development.”