Old Lyme — A project to improve the Sound View beach area with a redesigned streetscape, town green and restrooms will likely be done in phases, town officials said Monday.

The town will hold a public information meeting on the Sound View Improvement project at 7 p.m. June 30 at Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School.

A town committee came to a consensus last week that the town should improve Hartford Avenue as the first phase of the project, the selectmen said at their meeting on Monday. The streetscape would include widened sidewalks, bike lanes and redesigned street parking.

The improvements for the proposed town green and bathrooms would then be phased in as funding and grant opportunities become available, the selectmen said.

The discussion comes after the Sound View Improvement Committee received higher-than-anticipated construction cost estimates for the project.

In 2013, the state Department of Transportation notified the town that it was awarded a grant to cover 80 percent of the project to improve Sound View.

Selectwoman Mary Jo Nosal reported Monday that the committee has received construction cost estimates of more than $1.4 million for the entire project, while the initial grant estimate was about $665,000. Restrooms alone would cost just under $300,000, she said.

The selectmen will share the construction estimates with the Board of Finance at its meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Town Hall.

The Hartford Avenue streetscape phase is estimated to cost $751,000. The selectmen said they have had initial discussions with a liaison for the DOT to determine if the department would consider covering 80 percent of the additional costs, above the $665,000, for the Hartford Avenue portion of the project.

The costs represent estimates, so there could be cost savings in the final bids, said First Selectwoman Bonnie Reemsnyder.

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