 In 2000, the APLS website estimated $25,000 for the initial engineering study and $150,000-200,000 to complete the restoration.In 2001, Connecticut State Senator Catherine Cook introduced a bill for $150,000 in bonds to fund the restoration of the Avery Point Light; it was later approved.An article in the "New London Day" also noted an engineering study valued at $40,000 was being conducted for no cost by James Nordon's engineering firm of Gibble, Norden and Champion.