Workers Dig Into Project At Bridgeport's Housatonic Community College

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport is one big construction site, as work continues on the Lafayette Hall expansion project.

Snow fences are set up as part of the construction project on Lafayette Hall at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport.
Photo Credit: *Skip Pearlman*

The lot is torn up as work continues on expansion of Lafayette Hall at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport.
Photo Credit: *Skip Pearlman*

Classes continue at Lafayette Hall at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport despite the ongoing construction project. The project is expected to be complete for classes in fall 2017.
Photo Credit: *Skip Pearlman*

Skip Pearlman

03/21/2016 5:00 a.m.

Earlier this month, Housatonic Community College hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the project on its Bridgeport campus.

The $45 million project includes additions and renovations to Lafayette Hall. Work is expected to be completed in the fall of 2017.

The four-story addition will encompass over 47,000 square feet of space, which will include a new student services center, science labs, classrooms, library space and two floors of new art studios and classrooms.

The expansion will allow Housatonic Community College to grow from about 5,000 students to 8,000.

In 1997, Housatonic Community College moved to its current downtown location, a former downtown shopping mall.

Housatonic Community College draws students from Fairfield County, New Haven County and the Valley.

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