The price tag is a sticking point. At a time when the state is facing a shortfall of $1.5 billion, legislators will not be eager to pile on the state's debt, and it is the state that would have to pay for the redo. At a public hearing Tuesday night, state Sen. Joe Markley, R-Southington, sharply criticized the increase in debt service during the Malloy administration and insisted that "whatever the final price tag is, we can't afford [it] in these times."