WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:

East Hartford, CT Members of the Connecticut Congressional delegation, Governor Ned Lamont, and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced that the cities of Bridgeport, Bristol, and Stamford are being awarded more than $9.8 million in competitive federal funding that will benefit four municipal park development projects in each city.