Connecticut Awards Clean Fuel Program Funds to Regional Government Entities
The fund total for this round is $925,776 and comes from the Federal Highway Administration through the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Program.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) announced the Connecticut Clean Fuel Program funds it plans to award to regional municipalities and agencies. The fund total for this round is $925,776 and comes from the Federal Highway Administration through the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Program.
The program’s goal is to encourage the use of alternative-fuel vehicles and or diesel retrofit technologies or emissions control devices. Funds given through the program pay the difference between buying a standard vehicle and an alternative-fuel vehicle or pay for the full cost of any diesel retrofit technologies. Funding recipients have until Dec. 31, 2014, to purchase a given vehicle or retrofit technology to receive reimbursement.
Recipients of 2013 program funds are:
Town of Coventry $15,900
Eastern Highlands Health District $16,171
Town of Enfield $175,000
Town of Glastonbury $46,359
Greater Hartford Transit District $191,100
Town of Manchester $12,000
City of Meriden $31,000
Metropolitan District Commission $174,421
Norwich Public Works $13,453
Town of Ridgefield $7,700
UCONN $180,000
Town of Wallingford $27,300
Town of Wethersfield $20,460
Town of Windsor $14,912
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