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Norwalk council holds work session to prioritize $360 million in potential capital projects
Summary
Council members and staff reviewed a list of large-scale capital projects — including a $25 million library, $20 million water capacity purchase and $32 million Southwest Corridor extension — and discussed a scoring framework and debt limits ahead of bond or ballot decisions.
Council members and city staff spent the first part of their Aug. 21 meeting in a dedicated work session to review and begin prioritizing major capital projects that staff estimated could total roughly $360 million.
Staff read a preliminary list of large projects and rough cost estimates: a new library (estimated $25,000,000 within five years), an aerial platform fire truck ($3,000,000), a water-capacity purchase ($20,000,000), a field house addition ($8,000,000), an aquatic center ($35,000,000), the Southwest Corridor transportation extension ($32,000,000), the North River interceptor ($28,000,000), a new police station ($30,000,000), a new or renovated city hall ($20,000,000) and several roadway and park projects (Beardsley corridor work, miscellaneous road maintenance estimated at $6,000,000). Staff stressed these…
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