Plans for a covered walkway between the two buildings on the Tyco site, as well as expansion of the cafeteria space at the Roszel Road facility, gained Planning Board approval on August 18.
The application called for a covered walkway of about 2,850 square feet to connect the two office buildings on site, which total 292,000 square feet and hold 500 employees.The walkway will provide shelter to employees who frequently travel between the two buildings.
In addition, Tyco — the leading provider of security products and services, fire protection and detection products and services, valves and controls, and other industrial products — will add an additional 1,260 square feet to the dining and cafeteria area, which currently only seats 75 employees.
The expansion will increase the capacity to 150 seats and, Tyco officials say, decrease the number of employees who travel off the site for lunch.
Tyco officials testified at the August 18 Planning Board hearing that they did not believe the expansion would increase the traffic around the site because there were no plans to increase the number of employees. Tyco officials estimated the project would cost over $2 million.
