 The improvements are also meant to allow quicker evacuation of areas of the South End if disaster strikes.The project received a $245,000 earmark in the federal budget passed in December 2007.In relation to other neighborhoods in Stamford, the Downtown is east of the West Side (separated by the Mill River), north of the South End (separated by Interstate 95 and the Metro-North Railroad tracks) and Shippan (also separated by the highway and railroad), west of the East Side and Glenbrook, and south of Newfield, Belltown, High Ridge and Turn of River.