The Massachusetts School Building Authority is approving about 49-million dollars for construction of a new school in Springfield that will consolidate two existing schools.
The state approved the funds during a Wednesday meeting in Boston for the new school on Plainfield Street on the North End, which will replace the aging, deteriorated Brightwood and Lincoln elementary schools.
The city estimates the project will cost just over 70-million dollars.
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