Roads, Playground Among Projects

The state bond commission approved hundreds of millions of dollars in grants and loans Thursday. Here are some of the items approved, which range from grants for a parking garage to Little League fields to new roads.

Hartford

$16 million for a parking garage near the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, the first step toward redeveloping a sea of parking lots in the area. The commission will consider funding for three projects just north of downtown.

$8.5 million for a loan to build a grocery store.

$12 million for a loan to help build 200 apartments behind the Red Lion Hotel, the first phase of

Downtown North.

$4 million to create a loan fund to renovate a block of historic buildings near Dunkin’ Donuts Park.

$8.6 million loan to Spinnaker Real Estate Partners of Norwalk to develop apartments on the long desolate corner of Park and Main streets.

$5 million to replace sidewalks, plant trees and support traffic calming measures across the city.

$1 million for improvements to track and field lighting at Hartford Public High School. $509,000 for upgraded traffic signal systems.

$3 million for improvements at The Bushnell.

Transportation Improvements

$7.2 million for urban highway systems.

$112.6 million for bus and rail facilities and equipment, including rights-of-way acquisition.

$42.6 million for Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program. $129.3 million for highway improvements, including reconfiguration of I-91 exit on Charter Oak Bridge.

Riverfront

Improvements

$1 million for extending a paved and lighted walkway along the Connecticut River to the edge of Windsor Meadows State Park.

$2.3 million contribution to the town of East Hartford, which would pay for improvements to a boat ramp and fishing pier at Great River Park, as well as the renovation of the Bulkeley Bridge overlook and stairs leading to the Founders Bridge — all part of the town’s riverfront area.

Brownfield Cleanup

$10 million in grants and loans for additional cleanup of contaminated brownfield sites across Connecticut.

Economic Development

$53 million for a variety of projects for the Department of Economic and Community Development, including grants to corporations such as Aer Lingus at Bradley International Airport, Synchrony Bank in Stamford and Gartner, Inc. of Stamford.

Other State Agencies

$9.7 million for housing projects, including Chrysalis Center for Courtland Arms Building in New Britain.

$5 million for open space conservation through the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. $10 million for school security grants for local school districts.

$200 million for grants for school building projects.

Municipal Projects

$10 million effort to renovate the historic Odd Fellows Hall in Waterbury. $100,000 for improvements to handball courts in Manchester.

$5 million for dredging of selected areas at the State Pier in New London.

$4.3 million for Bridgeport for local infrastructure projects.

$2.3 million for construction improvements at Noah Webster House, Inc. in West Hartford.

$3.5 million allocation for the next phase of the Harbor Brook Flood Control Project in Meriden.

$5 million for restoration work at the Connecticut Aerospace Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. at Sikorsky Airport.

$575,000 for upgrades to Little League fields in New Haven.

$217,000 to construct a playground and splash pad at DeGale Field in New Haven. $1.5 million for improved lighting and playscape at Wolcott Park in West Hartford.

$10 million for roof replacement at the Warner Theater in Torrington.