Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy: "With these grants, we are not only helping these communities overcome the devastating impacts of one of the most severe storms in Connecticut's history, but we're also helping them to establish resiliency plans so they can be better prepared for future storms."

On July, 1, 2014, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy announced $31,139,954 million in grants for improvements to multifamily housing, infrastructure and public facilities and for planning purposes in cities and towns affected by Superstorm Sandy.

"Given that extreme weather events like Sandy that were considered once in a century events have now become annual occurrences, it's not a matter of if, but when that next storm will hit Connecticut's shoreline communities," said Gov. Malloy.

Last year the state was awarded $71.8 million through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG–DR) program. The CDBG-DR funding was distributed by the state DOH to help the most impacted and distressed areas recover from Sandy.

Governor Malloy also announced the individual homeowners who have applied for funding through the CDBG-DR program are currently in the preconstruction phase.

The Connecticut Department of Housing Commissioner Evonne Klein noted the awarded funding to municipalities is in the planning stages. "These are the critical first steps to help these communities better understand their risks and implement mitigation measures that will avoid the calamitous effects of these storms," she said.

While most of the larger funding sums will go to housing authorities ($9,855,596 to Norwalk and $6,975,000 to Bridgeport), infrastructure projects include West Haven, Beach Street and 1st Avenue reconstruction ($1,200,00); New Haven will get $952,581 to build a seawall, and $940,047 for the Brewery Square bulkhead infrastructure rehabilitation project.

A less typical award is Shoreline Shellfish, LLC's planning award ($415,000) for creation and restoration of living and artificial reefs in Guilford. Stratford will get a $100,000 award for coastal resiliency planning; New Haven is getting $191,250 for a Mill River shoreline analysis, and $400,000 for Long Wharf flood protection.