$1.3M federal grant coming to fix Derby intersection

By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich
Register Correspondent
DERBY — The city has received word that $1.3 million in federal funding will be coming its way to make safety improvements to a dangerous stretch of Derby-Milford Road at the intersection of Route 34.
The money will come through a grant from the federal Safety Transportation Improvement Projects program, according to Sheila O’Malley, the city’s director of economic and community development.
The approximate cost of the project is $1.6 million. O’Malley said the grant will kick in 80 percent of the costs, while the state and the city will each contribute 10 percent.
The state has committed to its share of the money, O’Malley said. Derby would pay its share over three years.

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