RUMFORD — The Togus Veterans Affairs Medical Center is well under way in its search for a new site to serve the nearly 2,000 veterans who use the Franklin Street facility.
Jim Doherty, spokesman for the Augusta VA center, said Tuesday that bids for a new site are currently being processed. He declined to say how many building owners submitted bids to house the new local medical center. He did say, however, that three site visits were recently made.
The contract is expected to be awarded in late September when he said more details would be released, including costs, square-footage, opening date and other information.
TheThe first Rumford veterans’ clinic was in the former nurses’ building on Lincoln Avenue in the late 1990s.
Doherty said a new clinic is needed because the current site is too small and services are provided on two floors. Veterans’ Affairs wants all services available to patients on one floor.
The Franklin Street site also houses several private medical offices.
The local veterans’ clinic serves veterans from the Rumford area, as well as from several other towns, including Farmington and Wilton.
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