Connecticut State Council on Environmental Quality

3. EIE Notice for Burton Family Football Complex and Intramural, Recreational and Intercollegiate Athletic Facility

This EIE Notice of Availability was published May 4, 2004. Information on a public hearing has been added – see details below.

Municipality where project is proposed: University of Connecticut – Storrs Campus, Mansfield

Address of Possible Project Location: Stadium Road

Project Description: The University of Connecticut proposes to construct the Burton Family Football Complex and Intramural, Recreational and Intercollegiate Athletic Facility (also referred to as the Burton Family Football Complex and Indoor Facility), a multi-purpose practice facility on Stadium Road at the site of existing tennis and volleyball courts.  The Burton Family Football Complex will be an approximately 80,000 SF building housing offices and facilities for the UConn Football Program. The approximately 85,000 square foot (SF) Indoor Facility will consist primarily of an indoor artificial turf field. The proposed project will require removal of the existing 12 tennis courts and 3 sand volleyball courts.  Both the tennis and sand volleyball courts will be relocated to a currently wooded area south of the Ice Arena and adjacent to Parking Lot I.  Nine outdoor tennis courts will be constructed to replace the existing courts that will be displaced by the Burton facility. Three additional tennis courts will be constructed, capable of being converted to an approximately 44,000 SF indoor tennis facility with bleacher seating. A clubhouse will also be located in this area.

Project Maps:  Location Map   Site Map

Comments on this EIE will be accepted until the close of business on: June 18, 2004

A public hearing has been scheduled for Thursday, June 10, 2004, 6:30 pm, at the Bishop Center, Room 7, Storrs Campus.

The public can view a copy of this EIE at:

Mansfield Town Clerk’s Office, Audrey P Beck Municipal Building, 4 South Eagleville Road, Mansfield, CT (ph: 860-429-3302).

Mansfield Public Library, 54 Warrenville Road, Mansfield, CT (ph: 860-423-2501)

Send your comments about this EIE to:

Name:

Richard A. Miller, Esq., Director of Environmental Policy

Agency:

University of Connecticut

Address:

Architectural and Engineering Services

31 LeDoyt Road U-3055

Storrs CT 06269-3055

E-Mail:

Rich.Miller@uconn.edu

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

Name:

Same as above

Agency:

Address:

E-Mail:

Phone:

 860-486-8741

Other information: Comments may also be faxed to Mr. Richard Miller at 860-486-5477