The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) has awarded $2.18 million in grants to redevelop eight brownfield sites, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Friday.

The Historic Brownfield Revitalization Program will provide grants to assess environmental and structural conditions, and conduct community-driven reuse visioning and planning exercises for historically significant brownfield sites. The projects that have been awarded funding include the following:

• Bridgeport received $300,000 to support assessment and reuse planning for the former Remington Arms Factory on Barnum Avenue.

• New Haven was awarded $300,000 to support assessment and reuse planning for the former Bigelow Boiler factory on River Street.

• Vernon was awarded $300,000 to support assessment and reuse planning for Daniel’s Mill, a component of the overall Amerbelle complex into which 1st Alliance Lending recently announced it intends to move its headquarters

Since 2011, the Malloy administration has allocated $110 million in state funding for brownfield remediation and redevelopment in the form of loans and grants to municipalities and developers. In August, DECD awarded $27 million to 20 remediation and redevelopment projects, which was the largest round of brownfield remediation investments ever made in the state’s history.

"As we’ve raised the bar like never before in preserving our most treasured areas, we’ve also made historic progress redeveloping brownfields because it boosts our economic development in the short- and long-term. It’s about the future, about revitalizing local communities, and enhancing our economy," Malloy said in a statement. "This is an investment now that will benefit these municipalities for years to come."