Old Lyme To Receive $300K in Federal Funding for Damage Caused by Sandy

Old Lyme will receive $300,000 in federal funds for improvements to the Sheffield Brook Outfall.

A new culvert and outlet will be designed and constructed to prevent extreme high tides from entering the culvert and damaging upstream structures. The project will control future shoaling at the outlet so the structure can drain.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Department of Housing (DOH) Commissioner Evonne Klein announced $30 million in grants for the restoration to existing infrastructure in municipalities impacted by Superstorm Sandy.

This is the second round of federal funding awarded to the state through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and its Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program.

“The damaging effects of storms along Connecticut’s shoreline are just a reality these communities must face,” Malloy said in a press release. “With these grants, however, we can assist these municipalities and their cleanup efforts from the devastation of one of the most severe storms in Connecticut’s history, and help them to establish resiliency plans so they can be better prepared in the years ahead.”