Board approves $90,000 transfer to finish Station 1 floor, finds hidden electrical and plumbing damage

The Board of Estimate and Taxation on Sept. 15 approved a $90,000 capital transfer from the combined dispatch communications upgrade project to the Fire Department to complete floor replacement and related repairs at Station 1, 90 New Canaan Avenue.

Contractor work revealed that the original concrete slab at the Broad River station was split and contained rotted electrical wiring and a buried two‑inch waterline, increasing the scope and cost of the project. "As we opened it up, we found a lot of electrical rotten within the slab, which was going up the walls as well," said Mark Conte, who presented the construction update. "We actually found a 2 inch waterline underneath the slab as well, which we obviously have to remove." Conte said those discoveries and other repairs left the project roughly…