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