U.S. Senators Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman bragged about the $68 million in pork-barrel spending they were able to bring home to Connecticut in a joint press release Thursday.
Here is a list of projects and their associated dollar amounts:
Agriculture
• $300,000 to the Connecticut oyster fisheries study at Southern Connecticut State University
• $316,000 to the New England Center for Invasive Plants at UCONN
• $430,000 to the Food Marketing Policy Center at UCONN
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• $150,000 to a bioenergy research program at UCONN
• $357,000 to Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in Grafton, Massachusetts, for the improvement of farming, marketing and conservation practices of participating farmers in northeast Connecticut
• $1,883,000 to the University of Connecticut at Storrs, Connecticut, for facility construction activities associated with the Center for Excellence of Vaccine Research
Commerce Science Justice
• $401,850 to an advanced undersea vehicle for mapping sonar at the Institute for Exploration at Mystic Aquarium
• $470,000 to the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science Cold Case Center at University of New Haven
• $223,250 to the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science at the University of New Haven for the development of the National Forensic Crisis Management and Investigation Center
• $282,000 to the Sea Research Foundation after school program for at risk youth at the Mystic Aquarium
• $223,250 to the City of Bridgeport for the purchase and installation of six wireless surveillance cameras
• $1,316,000 to the City of Norwalk for public safety radio system
• $223,250 to the City of Norwalk for interoperability equipment
• $94,000 to the City of Stamford for first responder communications project
• $1,950,000 to Hartford, CT for public safety equipment purchase
• $376,000 to the New Haven, CT Police Department for the gunshot locator system
• $352,500 to Southington, CT for the police mobile command post
• $223,250 to the Town of Windham, CT for equipment upgrades at the public safety complex
• $312,550 to Bridgeport, CT for an after school and summer youth program
• $312,550 to the City of Hartford program to provide summer employment opportunities and job training for teens
• $446,500 to the Courage to Speak Foundation in Fairfield, CT for drug abuse program
• $540,000 to Klingberg Family Centers delinquency prevention initiative in New Britain, CT
• $658,000 to the Paul and Lisa Program for campaign against sexual exploitation (Essex)
• $133,950 to Connecticut State University program for disadvantaged high school students who want to study engineering
• $223,250 to KidsPeace in Orefield, Pennsylvania, for the establishment of new foster care initiative in New Haven, Connecticut
• $446,500 to the Town of Manchester, Connecticut, for the installation of equipment associated with a regional emergency communications center
• $312,550 to the Town of Redding, Connecticut, for the establishment of a new regional emergency communications center
Energy and Water
• $1,500,000 to the Stamford waste to energy project
• $1,000,000 to the Connecticut Biofuels Technology Project for the development of a biofuels facility in Suffield, Connecticut
• $750,000 to the Connecticut Energy Savings Technology Project
• $100,000 to the Connecticut River Basin Watershed Study
• $100,000 to the Southington water supply study
• $190,000 to Bridgeport environmental infrastructure funding for development of dredged materials management plan
• $4,085,000 to the Stamford Mill River Restoration
• $750,000 to Bridgeport Harbor Dredging
• $4,400,000 to North Cove Harbor Dredging
• $5,700,000 to Norwalk Harbor Dredging
• $95,000 to Patchogue River Dredging in Westbrook
• $3,525,000 to the Army Corps of Engineers for the development of a dredging management plan for Long Island Sound along coastal Connecticut
• $187,000 to the Army Corps of Engineers for the development of a dreading plan for Mystic Harbor in Mystic, Connecticut
• $1,000,000 to bipolar wafer cell lithium ion battery development for cars at Electro Energy in Danbury
Financial Services
• Women’s Business Development Center in Stamford, CT $300,000
Interior
• $710,000 to the Stewart McKinney National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
• $2,000,000 to the Silvio Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
• $4,533,000 to Long Island Sound Restoration
• $300,000 to the Town of Enfield for sanitary sewer inflow elimination
• $300,000 to Southington wellhead cleanup
• $500,000 to the City of Stamford for storm water and wastewater infrastructure
• $770,000 to Skiff Mountain Phase II
• $500,000 to the Town of Colchester, Connecticut, for infrastructure improvements to the Flatbrook Road Booster Station
Labor HHS
• $146,000 to the Jewish Federation of New Haven in Woodbridge for the development of a caregiver support services program
• $195,000 to Health Access Program in Waterbury
• $487,000 to Our Piece of the Pie in Hartford for an education and employment services program for out of school youth
• $487,000 to Action for Bridgeport Community Development program for teaching training
• $97,000 to Bushnell Center for the Arts education program
• $331,000 to Klingberg Family Centers for special education enhancement initiative
• $243,000 to Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield for manufacturing technology training program
• $331,000 to Southern Connecticut State University for nursing education program
• $341,000 to Bridgeport Hospital for facilities and equipment
• $292,000 to Manchester Memorial Hospital for facilities and equipment
• $536,000 to St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury for construction, renovation, and equipment
• $97,000 to the Connecticut Historical Society Museum for educational programs at the Old State House in Hartford
• $331,000 to Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies in Wethersfield, CT
• $204,000 to Our Piece of the Pie for grandparents raising teens program
• $243,000 to Amistad America in New Haven, Connecticut, for educational initiatives associated with the 2008 Atlantic Freedom Tour
• $414,000 to Saint Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for the installation of emergency generators
Milcon
• $13,600,000 to the Niantic Readiness Center for the Army National Guard
• $11,900,000 to the New London Submarine Base – Waterfront Small Crafts Facility
Transportation, Housing, Urban Development
• $3,338,400 to the New Britain-Hartford Busway
• $250,000 to the Atlantic Rail Underpass in Stamford
• $150,000 for Simsbury Public Library renovations
• $234,500 to the Town of Enfield, Connecticut, for infrastructure and safety upgrades to North Main Street
• $200,000 to the Renovation of Spruce Street Youth Center in Manchester
• $200,000 to Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance (SINA) blight removal project in Hartford
• $200,000 to Amberbelle Mill historic renovation initiative in Vernon
• $1,340,000 to Southeastern Connecticut Bus Rapid transit
• $2,010,000 to the Norwich intermodal transportation center
• $500,000 to Fall Mountain Water Road paving in Plymouth
• $670,000 to Pedestrian Plaza improvements at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford
• $1,340,000 to the Redevelopment of Front Street and Constitution Way in Hartford
• $348,400 to Eisenhower Park renovation in Milford
• $200,000 to the Children’s Home in Cromwell for redesign of residential facilities
• $4,395,000 to the Bridgeport intermodal transportation center
• $500,000 to a parking garage for Mansfield mixed use redevelopment project
• $150,000 to the Norwalk Pulse Point Facility
• $500,000 to S. Norwalk intermodal transportation facility Phase 2
• $600,000 to the West Haven intermodal station
• $502,500 to the Empower New Haven brownfields redevelopment initiative
• $1,600,000 to the Town of Beacon Falls, Connecticut, for the replacement of the Depot Street bridge
• $200,000 to the Environmental Learning Centers in Bristol, Connecticut, for facility reconstruction activities
