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Projects in West Haven, Connecticut

Below are the "shovel-ready" projects for which this city submitted in the 2008 U.S. Conference of Mayors report. You can click on a project to read (and add to) its description. You can also discuss the project and vote on whether you believe it is critical or not.

The total cost of all the projects submitted by West Haven is $70,720,000

Description City State Jobs Cost Program Type Vote Ratio
Replacement of three culverts West Haven CT 20 $3,500,000 Streets/Roads -5
Water Pollution Control Plant Upgrade West Haven CT 50 $62,000,000 Water 7
Streetscaping - Route 1 Boston Post Road; Campbell Avenue; Main Street West Haven CT 25 $3,000,000 CDBG -22
Public beach restoration project West Haven CT 10 $800,000 CDBG -5
1. Additional School Resource Officers assigned to public schools. 2. Establish gang/gun task force to focus on these issues facing our neighborhoods. West Haven CT 5 $625,000 Public Safety 0
Establish gang/gun task force to focus on these serious issues facing our neighborhoods. Since these monies (programs) were eliminated some years ago, we have seen a steady decline in the quality of life in our neighborhoods. West Haven CT 4 $300,000 Public Safety -2
Enhance police/fire radio system to fully fuctionalize geographical area coverage and provide enhanced interoperabiity between Police & Fire and between Regional inter-departmental response teams. West Haven CT 4 $215,000 Public Safety 6
Provide additional crime prevention and quality of life officers. These proactive programs were either substantially curtailed or eliminated due to the lack of Federal funding the past several years. West Haven CT 2 $150,000 Public Safety -6
Additional School Resource Officers assigned to public schools. The Schoool Resource Officer Program has been very successful in the upper grades and would be successful if we implement a SRO assigned exclusively to the lower grades for continuity West Haven CT 1 $75,000 Public Safety 1
Implement "hot spot" monitoring of high crime area throughout our City through the use of video monitoring. This will allow us to better allocate resources and have real-time information on suspected criminal activity. West Haven CT 1 $55,000 Public Safety 13