The final cost to finish the environmental cleanup of the former Norwich Hospital property is now projected at $9 million, and while town and Mohegan tribal leaders hope for a quick response to their request for state funding, the issue is tied up in the stalled overall state budget bond package yet to be put before legislators for a vote. The cost estimate to finish the cleanup is now projected at $9 million, including a $2 million low-interest loan the town previously had received from the state and a $7 million grant request to the state. Town officials have said they will not tap into the loan until receiving a commitment from the state for enough grant funding to complete the cleanup. And, if the town is required to remove all underground electrical wires, water and gas piping, that would add to the final cost as well, First Selectman Robert Congdon said Tuesday.
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