State officials are seeking an additional $47 million in federal aid to build and complete Resilient Bridgeport, a significant flood control plan for the South End that was already awarded $40.8 million but is now estimated to cost much more. Given the uncertainty, Mayor Joe Ganim’s administration made a controversial decision to redesign the new Bassick High School being relocated from the West to the South End to withstand severe weather rather than wait for Resilient Bridgeport’s completion or settle on another site outside of a flood zone. “Until we go out to bid, we don’t know exactly what those numbers will be,” she said. Which is why the $47 million competitive grant the state is seeking from the Federal Emergency Management Agency includes a sizeable contingency to account for any future cost increases.
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