Good News On $90M Walsh Intermediate School Project

By Jack Kramer, Correspondent

BRANFORD, CT – Town officials and taxpayers can breathe a little easier as the state Bond Commission Wednesday unanimously approved funding its portion of school building projects across the state – including the $90 million Frances Walsh Intermediate School remodeling project.

Officials, as late as this week’s Board of Finance meeting, were expressing concern that the state’s ongoing budget crisis might cause officials to pull the plug on funding the project.

But the Bonding Commission Wednesday morning approved the school spending, without discussion.

The state’s position of the of the huge project is nearly $35 million.

The town’s share of the school construction project is approximately $58 million.