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Westport's Sherwood Island Needs $5.18M In Repairs: Report
The area's aging infrastructure puts it "among the parks with the highest need for investment," state officials told CT Insider.
WESTPORT, CT — Westport's Sherwood Island State Park is in need of repairs totaling around $5.18 million, CT Insider reported.
The area is popular, but its aging infrastructure places it "among the parks with the highest need for investment," Will Healey, a spokesperson for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, told CT Insider.
Among the repairs are $3.38 million for a maintenance complex, $1 million for restrooms and a pavilion, $500,000 for a new bridge and $300,000 for electrical utility upgrades, CT Insider reported.
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Sherwood Island State Park is Connecticut's first state park. It has a nature center, picnic grove and observation platform, according to the state's website.
Officials have identified a total of $130 million in needed upgrades to state parks throughout Connecticut, according to the news outlet.
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