Thursday, March 26, 2009

City Capital Improvement Plan Released


Mayor Eddie Perez released his ten-year Capital Improvement Plan on Tuesday. A special meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission will take place tonight at 5:00 p.m. in the Plaza Level Conference Room at 260 Constitution Plaza to consider the plan. The following are some of the projects that fall within the boundaries or directly adjacent to the Hartford BID:

Projects to be funded with City funds
Project Name, Proposed $
Asylum/Farmington/Broad Intersection, $6,000,000 *
Downtown North/West
Redevelopment site acquisition, $7,500,000

Projects proposed to be funded with Stimulus Monies
Project, Proposed $
Public Safety Complex, TBD
Downtown North/West Redevelopment site acquisition, $7,500,000
Flood Control, $3,120,000
Citywide traffic signalization, $5,000,000 *
Asylum/Farmington/Broad Intersection improvements, $3,500.000 *
Main Street streetscape, $7,000,000 *

* Hartford 2010 recommended projects

The two most critical infrastructure projects proposed include the reworking of the Farmington/Asylum/Broad Street intersection and the Main Street streetscape project which would extend from I-84 to South Green.

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