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Three Rivers Community College - Master Plan Development
(Thames Valley Campus)
This project will provide a consolidated Three Rivers Community College
at the Thames Valley Campus and the Norwich Technical High School (NTHS)
on the New London Turnpike in Norwich.
The Norwich THS will ultimately be located on the Mohegan Campus, while
Three Rivers Community College will consolidate at the Thames site. The
design will be for a phased construction project, allowing for
construction of a new building at the Thames site to house the current
Mohegan campus, while renovations to the Mohegan site will start to
allow for Norwich THS to relocate there from its current location. Once
the NTHS students have left their existing building, it will be
demolished.
In November 2005, the Board of Trustees endorsed the presentation of a
consolidated Thames Campus design, and supported the project bidding in
summer 2006. As the design cost estimates were being finalized, a
project shortfall of approximately $3.8 million was identified. During
the 2006 Legislative Session, the Governor, OPM and the Legislature
approved a $3.8ml mid-term budget adjustment for the Three Rivers
Project for this shortfall. However, the Bond Act was not passed before
the session’s conclusion, and therefore, the funding request continues
to be endorsed by the Board. In addition, the Department of
Transportation is requiring some road improvements in order to obtain a
State Traffic Commission permit as part of this project. The estimated
cost of those improvements is $400,000, increasing the Board request to
$4.2ml in FY 2008.
The Board of Trustees recognizes the importance of continuing to move
the project forward and further understands that the reduction to the
project’s program and budget were intended to be only short term. This
additional authorization will be effective on July 1, 2007 and will be
used to reimburse the project after the award of the construction bid
which will fund the items included as bid alternatives and will move the
STC permit application process forward. Bidding is currently scheduled
for August 2006, with classes to be open for Fall 2008.
For update on project click link
below.
http://www.trcc.commnet.edu/Collocation/news.htm
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