Ridgefield to get $188K for road repairs

State Rep. John Frey (R-Ridgefield) today announced that a total of $188,204 in Town-Aid-Road (TAR) funding for Ridgefield is expected to be allotted by the state. The funds are expected to be used for repairs and improvements to roads in various areas of Ridgefield.

“Though balancing the state budget is a major issue right now, infrastructure improvements and maintenance needs to occur in order to position our towns and cities for an economic recovery,” said Rep. Frey. “Transportation and infrastructure are important issues to Ridgefielders and prospective employers who may want to locate here. Maintaining roads are a primary function of government – and with the winter we have had, they simply cannot be ignored.”

The Town-Aid-Road funds are grants given each year to municipalities to assist in the maintenance and/or construction of town roads.  Each year, the state provides a statutory formula based entitlement to each municipality based on the number of miles of roads and the population in each municipality.

The funds are expected to be approved at the March 16th meeting of the State Bond Commission.   Rep. Frey is a member of the Legislature’s Transportation Bonding Sub-Committee.