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Middletown board: pausing the bus garage and maintenance project would raise long‑term costs and disrupt services
Summary
Board members and staff discussed risks of putting the transportation and maintenance construction on hold while federal ESSER funds are under review — citing security, liability, loss of contractor continuity, rising costs and lack of temporary facilities.
Board members warned April 28 that pausing the transportation and maintenance construction project — including the bus garage — would create operational and financial risks greater than the funding shortfall itself.
Treasurer Randy Bertram told the board that halting construction would produce security and liability exposures, accelerate deterioration…
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