Osborn Expansion December 2002

2.  EIE Notice for the Osborn Expansion at the Osborn Correctional Institution

Municipality where project is proposed: Somers, Connecticut

Project Description: The proposed action is the construction of a 720-bed Level 4 correctional facility that would be connected by a corridor to the existing Osborn Correctional Institution (CI) and to the Northern CI, and an additional parking area for approximately 130-spaces.  The expansion would consist of six housing units, each containing 30 double bunked cells on each of the two floors.  In addition to cell space, the units would contain inmate support space, staff, support and program areas, and direct control stations and systems. 

Project Map(s):  Click here to view a map of the project area.

Comments on this EIE will be accepted until the close of business on: January 16, 2003

The public can view a copy of this EIE at:

Town of Somers, Town Clerk, Somers Town Hall, 600 Main Street, Somers, CT

Somers Public Library, 51 Ninth District Road, Somers, CT

Town of Enfield, Town Clerk, Enfield Town Hall, 820 Enfield Street, Enfield, CT

Enfield Public Library, Central Library, 104 Middle Road, Enfield, CT

Enfield Public Library, Pearl Street Library, 159 Pearl Street, Enfield, CT

Connecticut Department of Public Works, 165 Capitol Avenue, Room 275, Hartford, CT

There is a public hearing scheduled for this EIE on:

DATE: Tuesday, January 7, 2003

TIME: 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM)

PLACE: Somers Town Hall auditorium, 600 Main Street, Somers, CT

Written comments or exhibits must be reproducible in black and white and on paper not to exceed 8 ½" x 11" in size. These written statements or exhibits will be made a part of the administrative record and oral statements at the public hearing will be considered in the same manner.

Send your comments about this EIE to:

Name: David Elliott
Agency: Department of Correction
Address: 24 Wolcott Hill Road
Wethersfield, Connecticut  06109
Phone: (860) 692-7554
Fax: (860) 692-7556
E-Mail: david.elliott@po.state.ct.us

If you have questions about the public hearing, or where you can review this EIE, or similar matters, please contact:

Name: Jeff Bolton
Agency: Department of Public Works
Address: 165 Capitol Ave., Room 275
Hartford, Connecticut  06106
Phone: (860) 713-5707
Fax:    (860) 713-7250
E-Mail: jeffrey.bolton@po.state.ct.us

OR

Name: Don Ouillette
Agency: Department of Public Works
Address: 165 Capitol Ave., Room 460
Hartford, Connecticut  06106
Phone: (860) 713-5931
Fax:    (860) 713-7270
E-Mail: donald.ouillette@po.state.ct.us