The State Bond Commission recently approved nearly $600 million in investments by the state in order to grow the economy and improve quality of life for residents.

Included in the overall total is $78 million in affordable housing initiatives, along with $10 million to the Small Business Express initiative, $5 million for the Manufacturing Innovation Fund, $12.5 million for brownfields, $17.5 million for work on the Danbury Branch Line for Norwalk, $30 million in Town Aid Road grants, $68.9 million for state road resurfacing, $7 million for recreational trails across the state and more.

Additional funding highlights can be found here.

In total, Central Connecticut will receive about $69 million, Eastern Connecticut will see almost $38 million, Southern Connecticut will see $46.7 million and Western Connecticut will see $64.3 million. In addition, there are statewide investments totaling another $359 million.