American School For The Deaf Cleared To Build Dorms In West Hartford

WEST HARTFORD, CT — Anticipating an uptick in enrollment in coming years, the locally-based American School for the Deaf will build two new dormitories on its sprawling, 35.5-acre campus.

Earlier this month, the West Hartford Plan & Zoning Commission unanimously approved a special permit for ASD to build two, one-story dormitory buildings in the campus quadrangle.

The project still has to meet several condition within the town's code of ordinances, but the PZC vote, essentially, greenlights a project that is expected to start this fall and be finished by the fall of 2024.

According to a project narrative submitted to the town by Glastonbury-based consultant "Benesch," which was hired by the ASD, the project site is at 137 N. Main St. and would serve students up to age 21.

The construction consultants estimated that work on the two dorms, each about 9,400 square feet, would be on about 1.6 acres of land on the site.

Benesch reports no wetlands or areas of flooding concern with the site.

According to the narrative, the ASD is expecting enrollment to grow by 30 over time and the dorms would accommodate those students and their special needs.

For all documents related to the project, click on this link and scroll down to Page 3.

For the minutes of the May 1 West Hartford Plan & Zoning Commission meeting, click on this link.

For more information on the American School for the Deaf, click on this link.