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Energy and Water Development

Congressionally Directed Spending – Fiscal Year 2027

Listed below are the Energy and Water Development 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.

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) – Guilford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,603,000
  • This project will provide funding for dredging of the Federal Access Channel, Sluice Creek, East River, and the Guilford Marina. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) – Hartford and East Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000
  • This project will provide funding for rehabilitation of three pump stations under Section 133.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) – Mansfield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $42,000
  • This project will provide funding for Mansfield Hollow Lake.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) – Middlebury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,915,000
  • This project will provide funding for Hop Brook Lake.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) – New Haven Harbor, CT

  • Amount Requested: $14,500,000
  • This project will provide funding for maintenance dredging of the New Haven Harbor. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) – New Milford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $350,000
  • This project will provide funding for a feasibility study on the Bleachery Dam.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) – North Canaan, CT

  • Amount Requested: $250,000
  • This project will provide funding for a Blackberry River embankment stabilization project.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) – Plymouth, CT

  • Amount Requested: $185,000
  • This project will provide funding for Hancock Brook Lake. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) — Stamford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $20,720,000
  • This project will provide funding for the Stamford Hurricane Protection Barrier.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) – Thomaston, CT

  • Amount Requested: $650,000
  • This project will provide funding for Thomaston Dam.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) – Thomaston, CT

  • Amount Requested: $225,000
  • This project will provide funding for Northfield Brook Lake.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) – Thomaston, CT

  • Amount Requested: $740,000
  • This project will provide funding for Black Rock Lake.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil) – Thompson, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,286,000
  • This project will provide funding for West Thompson Lake.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.