How much land will the Lab need for expansion?
No additional land is needed for the addition planned for 2009-2011. Some additional land on the Fircrest campus will likely be needed for the expansion preliminarily scheduled for 2015-2017. There are many factors involved in determining exactly how much additional land will be needed. One is whether the Lab will have its own utilities or continue to use Fircrest utilities. Another is whether the government offices in the proposed Department of Social and Health Services Excess Property Master Plan could be used for Lab administrative offices. These and other issues are being explored in the Lab master planning process now underway. When that» s completed in June 2009, we» ll be able to determine how much land is needed in the future.
