CTDOT Donates $10,000 to Local Organizations After Winning National Transportation Award

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The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) today proudly presented $5,000 donations to the Andrew DiDomenico Memorial Foundation and Connecticut Foodshare. These donations were made possible through CTDOT's recent win in the 2025 America's Transportation Awards.

CTDOT earned the prestigious Grand Prizefor its emergency project demolishing, and then rebuilding, the Fairfield Avenue Bridge over I-95 in Norwalk in 2024. Along with this award came a $10,000 prize, which CTDOT chose to donate to these two organizations. Through their work, they're making a meaningful impact in Connecticut communities.

"Giving back to the communities we serve is at the heart of what we do at CTDOT," said Connecticut Department of Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto. "From the moment we were in the running for the Grand Prize, we knew we wanted to share this recognition with organizations that make a difference every day."

"We established the Andrew DiDomenico Memorial Foundation to honor the life and legacy of Andrew, who was tragically killed at the young age of 26 while working for the CTDOT. The mission of the foundation is to grant scholarships, make meaningful donations in Andrew's memory, and to help raise awareness of increased work zone safety." said Shari DiDomenico, Andrew's mother. "We are extremely grateful to receive this very generous gift. Thank you to the CTDOT for choosing us as one of the recipients."

"We are incredibly grateful to the Connecticut Department of Transportation for selecting Connecticut Foodshare as a recipient of this generous donation," said Jason Jakubowski, President and CEO of Connecticut Foodshare. "We applaud CTDOT's extraordinary work and their choice to reinvest this recognition back into the community. This generosity will help ensure more families across Connecticut have access to the nutritious food they need."

The Andrew DiDomenico Memorial Foundation was established to honor Andrew's legacy by providing scholarships and donations in his name. Andrew DiDomenico, a valued member of the CTDOT team, was tragically killed by an impaired driver in a work zone in June 2024.

Connecticut Foodshare supports individuals and families - from one end of the state to the other - by addressing root causes, creating long-term solutions, and distributing nutritious food through local partner programs in an effort to alleviate hunger. They help serve the more than 500,000 people in Connecticut who are food insecure - and through its network of food pantries and meal programs, they distributed 54 million pounds of food in 2025.

For more information about the awards and AASHTO, visit transportation.org.

For more information about the Andrew DiDomenico Memorial foundation, visit andrewdidomenico.com.

For more information about Connecticut Foodshare, visit ctfoodshare.org.

For more information on CTDOT, visit ct.gov/dot.