It’s not clear how much the move will cost taxpayers. SECCA board chairman Thorns Craven estimated in 2002 that
But Joe Henderson, the director of the state's property office, said yesterday that he believes the state will invest significantly less than that. He said that he expects the state to spend about $1 million in maintenance repairs at SECCA over the next five years. A property-assessment report from the state construction office estimates $1.4 million of recommended repairs that require immediate action. It also recommends $1.1 million of less pressing repairs for "deferred action." "I don't have any idea what the state's plans are," Craven said. "They've been given (our) study, and they've had their own architects and engineers who have gone through the building. I think what we can count on is that they have the capacity to do what the building needs."
