Asbestos project may be delayed

WINSTED — A long-planned asbestos abatement project for Pearson Middle School may be delayed if voters reject the town’s proposed budget, according to School Building Committee Chairman Joseph Beadle.Beadle was on hand to talk about the project at the Board of Education’s regular meeting on Tuesday, May 10.Beadle said that in the proposed school district’s budget for 2011-12 up to $515,000 has been allocated for the project.He said the state would reimburse up to 70 percent of the costs for the total project.“If the budget gets passed on Saturday, May 28, we can go forward,” Beadle said. “But if the budget fails, the project is dead in the water.”Beadle said the reason the project would not move forward is that although the state has promised a reimbursement for the project, the school district needs to show the state that total funding for the project is available in the district’s budget.“If the budget fails, then everything goes to zero and nothing gets done,” Beadle said.

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