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With referendum passed, Wethersfield board hears Highcrest timeline, design and maintenance planning
Summary
District officials outlined the next steps after last week's successful referendum: finalize state applications Oct. 1, begin a roughly year‑long design phase, run bid awards in 2026–27, and start construction in March 2027 with an anticipated opening in August 2028; district cited Connecticut Department of Administrative Services guidelines.
WETHERSFIELD — Following voter approval of a facilities referendum, district staff and a board member outlined a timeline for Highcrest and Webb school projects and emphasized early steps on design, procurement and long‑term maintenance planning.
Superintendent Whidbey told the board that applications for Highcrest and Webb "will be finalized for October 1 with the state of Connecticut," after which the town can solicit requests for services — design team, construction manager (CM) and program manager (PM) — in line with the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services school…
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