Stonington Receives Higher Reimbursement Rate For School Renovation: Report

STONINGTON, CT—The State Department of Administrative Services recently granted Stonington a reimbursement rate of 32 percent for the renovation and expansion proposed for the Deans Mill and West
Vine Street schools, the New London Day reports. The town requested a waiver to raise the reimbursement rate to 32 percent.

The town requested the waiver because a previously requested reimbursement rate of 25 percent would
adversely limit the scope of the project.

In a New London Day article, First Selectman Rob Simmons said the waiver could save the town millions of dollars.

The exact design and costs for the project has yet to finalized, but it’s estimated that the higher reimbursement rate will save the town around $4 million.

Construction is expected to begin in April 2017 and be finished in July 2018.

For more on this story, read the full New London Day article here.