Connecticut State Council on Environmental Quality

1. Scoping Notice for 2008 Campus Master Plan for Eastern Connecticut State University

Municipalities where proposed project might be located: Windham and Mansfield

Address of Possible Project Location: 83 Windham Street, Willimantic; ECSU Athletic Complex, RT 6, Mansfield

Project Description: The Board of Trustees for the Connecticut State University System (CSUS), in conjunction with Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) and the Connecticut Department of Public Works, proposes to implement a program of improvements at ECSU.  These improvements have been released as part of the approved 2008 Campus Master Plan for Eastern Connecticut State University (22MB), prepared by Symmes Maini & McKee Associates, Inc. in October 2008. 

The Campus Master Plan is a baseline for future campus development and funding requests to the Board of Trustees. The educational space needs of ECSU were analyzed and recommendations were made in the May 2008 Program for the Master Plan report. The subject Campus Master Plan addresses the facilities required to accommodate the program and requirements of ECSU in 2017.

For a full description of the Campus Master Plan, please click here. 

An Initial Environmental Review has been prepared for the Proposed Action and is available for review in conjunction with this scoping notice, by clicking here.

Project Figures:                               Low Resolution

Campus Location (10 MB)              low res (1.6 MB)

Existing Conditions (189 kb)

Campus Master Plan (232 kb)

Any person can ask the sponsoring agency to hold a Public Scoping Meeting by sending such a request to the address below no later than March 18, 2011 at the close of business.  If a meeting is requested by 25 or more individuals, or by an association that represents 25 or more members, the sponsoring agency shall schedule a Public Scoping Meeting.

Written comments from the public are welcomed and will be accepted until the close of business on:  April 7, 2011.

Written comments and/or requests for a Public Scoping Meeting should be sent to:

Name:

Keith Epstein, AIA

Title:

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Planning and Technical Services

Agency:

Connecticut State University System

Address:

39 Woodland Street

Hartford, Connecticut  06105

Fax:

860-493-0059

E-Mail:

epsteink@ct.edu

If you have questions about requesting a public meeting, or other questions about the scoping for this project, contact:

Name:

Jeff Bolton

Title:

Supervising Environmental Analyst

Agency:

Connecticut Department of Public Works

Address:

165 Capitol Avenue, Room 275

Hartford, Connecticut  06106

Phone:

860-713-5706

E-Mail:

jeffrey.bolton@ct.gov