By Steven Goode
The Middletown Press
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — The planning and zoning commission Wednesday unanimously approved an application by Middlesex Hospital to demolish two structures in advance of constructing a new storage facility to house the caregiver’s expanding fleet of ambulances.
The plan calls for the hospital to demolish two structures located at 4 and 8 Crescent St. and 80 South Main St. In their place the hospital would build a 6,710 square-foot building to house up to a dozen hospital ambulances between calls.
According to city documents related to the proposal, the hospital has increased its fleet of ambulances from 1 to 12. The facility is needed because the vehicles need to be housed in a climate-controlled environment between calls, officials said.
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