ALCHEK: Delaying School Infrastructure Projects is Costing Taxpayers

Letter to the Greenwich Free Press by Democratic Candidate for BET Elliot Alchek

The Republican controlled BET has simply continued to deny funding. Do you know how much this delay is costing taxpayers? As a result of double-digit construction inflation, the additional cost is tens of millions of dollars in the case of CMS alone! About six months ago our opponents were unwilling to approve $70 million for the project. Yet the latest estimates are now over $112 million, and we are still a year away from producing construction documents and a firm bid.