Officials have narrowed the sites they are considering for a new federal courthouse in Hartford to two, a 2.2-acre Allyn Street parking lot and a 10.2-acre site at the corner of Asylum Avenue and Woodland Street now occupied by 74-year-old state government office building. The U.S. General Services Administration has issued a 381-page draft Environmental Impact Statement on the courthouse project, for which Congress has appropriated $335 million. The GSA is seeking public input on the siting issue at a hearing Wednesday and in written comments that can be submitted until Dec. 16. As to the renovation options, the draft says, Ribicoff building tenants not affiliated with the court would need to be removed temporarily to provide “swing space” for the court during the project, which would involve “major structural work.” Wednesday’s public hearing is to run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The Lyceum Center, Conference Center 1, 227 Lawrence St., Hartford.
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