New London council approves $48 million portion of high school project
New London — The $108 million New London High School reconstruction project reached another milestone on Monday.
The City Council authorized construction manager Newfield + Downes to award eight trade contracts worth $48.2 million to allow preliminary site work to start later this month. The council additionally authorized spending $4.3 million for abatement and demolition work.
Work is expected to start later this year on an addition at the high school, the first stage in a multiyear construction project that will take place while students are attending school.
Both the high school and Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School are being updated as part of the $165 million project approved by voters in 2014.
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