Renovations for three New Britain schools could happen faster as funding through a school construction bill was passed by the state House this week. The allocation for New Britain will cover nearly the entire cost for work at Pulaski and Slade Middle School that both need new roofs, and Chamberlain Elementary School will get some much-needed renovations and upgrades that would cost an estimated $50 million. The new roofs are estimated to cost about $2.5 million for each location. Renovations for Chamberlain will be similar to the project that Smalley School underwent from 2017 to 2019, where the facility had an almost 80% building makeover through a roughly $40 million project that brought primarily new spaces outdoors for students, including playgrounds, a garden area and outdoor amphitheater. Twenty-two thousand square feet and eight classrooms were also added. Now that the bill has passed in both the state House and state Senate, it is just waiting for Lamont’s signature to make everything official.
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