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Danbury Public Works leader says low cost fluctuation risk on proposed Career Academy

The Danbury City Council voted this week for a $99-million bond to create the Career Academy on the City's westside for middle and high school students.  Public Works Director Antonio Iadarola says the pods will be at the former Matrix Center so there won't be steel or other fluctuating costs.  In making the case for swift approval, Iadarola posed a rhetorical question about when can they take an existing building, renovate it as new, and eliminate all of the risk associated with coming out of the ground.  He notes that 95-percent of the building is already built.  The City is basically doing an interior retrofit, adding an elevator and purchasing furniture.  A small addition being constructed.