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Homeland Security

Congressionally Directed Spending – Fiscal Year 2024 

Listed below are the Homeland Security projects Senator Blumenthal has submitted to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Senate Appropriations Committee selects the final projects from the projects submitted by all senators. Therefore, neither submission of an application nor Senator Blumenthal’s approved list of projects are guaranteed for final funding.

Projects are listed in alphabetical order.

City of Danbury - Danbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $938,000
  • This project will provide funding for a stormwater management study of the East Ditch piping system.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Hartford - Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $6,000,000
  • This project will provide funding for remediation of the insufficient drainage system on North Main Street.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Meriden - Meriden, CT

  • Amount Requested: $6,375,000
  • This project will provide funding for a flood control project.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Meriden - Meriden, CT

  • Amount Requested: $4,785,000
  • This project will provide funding for the Harbor Brook flood control project.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Middletown - Middletown, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,480,000
  • This project will provide funding to replace a hazardous dam.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of West Haven - West Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $11,430,000
  • This project will provide funding for a flood hardening wall to protect wastewater infrastructure.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Simsbury Police Department - Simsbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,010,000
  • This project will provide funding for digital Emergency Medical Dispatching software.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Bethany - Bethany, CT

  • Amount Requested: $969,000
  • This project will provide funding for an emergency operations center.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of East Lyme – Emergency Management - East Lyme, CT

  • Amount Requested: $213,000
  • This project will provide funding to construct a public safety communication tower.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Guilford - Guilford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,442,000
  • This project will provide funding for public safety communications upgrades.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Hamden - Hamden, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,950,000
  • This project will provide funding for a new emergency operations center.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of South Windsor - South Windsor, CT

  • Amount Requested: $5,625,000
  • This project will provide funding for a culvert replacement project.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Wilton - Wilton, CT

  • Amount Requested: $941,000
  • This project will provide funding for equipment at the town’s new Emergency Operations Center. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

University of Connecticut - Storrs, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,875,000
  • This project will provide funding for resiliency project design and technical assistance through the Connecticut Institute for Resilience & Climate Adaptation.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.