After years of debate, delays, and changes in plans, the much-beloved Prosser Library is finally coming down to make way for a new, modern facility. Demolition began the first week of January, after delays caused by permitting issues. It was originally approved for $29.3 million in bonded funds by voters at a November 2021 referendum. But when the construction bids came in to Downs Construction in summer 2023, they were $8 million over budget, which resulted in plans for the Wintonbury-McMahon branch being scaled back and value engineering being implemented. The current total budget is now is now $35.28 million, which Haynes said will not be exceeded. “The project is now a renovation project consisting of an interior refresh and improvements,” she said. “There is a total project budget of $2.7 million for McMahon, which will be funded through the referendum and state CIF budgets.”
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