HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 04-23 Maplewood breaks ground on fire-police structure MAPLEWOOD REVIEWs�omi�ea pno�a
needed to get something in. the
middle of this city, and it. ;was .
Maplewood Fire Department personnel tend a :hand at the April 14
. groundbreaking ,ceremony fora fire department -and polce:sub-
critYcal we got this .going as. soon...... .
station to be located at Goo McKnight Komi.. `he new station. will
as we can. replace:the :one, currently_at 1177 Century Ave. -.N. andwill:`include -
'' h e p r o j e c t' s total a police substation.
cost-1including • the full
26;040 -square -foot area .an -d-, parts of the city more accessible.- The building wvill� face McK-:
Parking, lot, is about $5.5-- mil- Like the current fire location, a night ' Road between -Conway
_ lion. The, added, space, as Lukin 'set of beds will;be onsite for oxi- . and Minnehaha -avenues and be�
mentioned, will assist the ofti- call fire, fighters; and will help
cess with the ;:optio' to.' work replace the pager system. they.
see Groundbreaking.
from; that space, making certa�tn had before: on page 12
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continued from page f inconvenience of bein awakened b
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blaring sirens in the middle' of the
directly across, thestreet from h night but would reap , none of the.
owes . efits of getting the use the `sta•ti6n's
on St: Paul's East Side' --'The land was
emergency services since they're in. St:
donated, by 3M to the � city- of _Maple- Pa
wood and is just northeast of the coin_ sursdxctzon:
pony's
international headquarters. -It. when there's a fire' emergency in
their neighborhood; the homeowners .
W 1l feature four fire department appa- o •
rates bays, departmental offices. and pointed' out that a fire truck would
staff support spaces. be dispatched from a -St: JPau1:'fire -hall'
"It was a' long, difficult process, but ' that's. several miles away and not from
p ' the -new Maplewood station that will
we have a great • partnership. with 3M, be 'est ac
(and) great assistance from the city toss the street.
council," City .Manager Chuck Ahl Thompson mentioned' an earlier .
• public meeting where he said• -3�`Ain .
said. "It's pretty exciting ....-when :you:
,nae traction under told the crowd that if a .neighboring
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Though stili in the early stagesthere_ 4 , .h
ers- woul d�, respond:. THx ' as ffitf'° a
haven't been: any major construction
issues so far. Thompson has seen; alleviated, the, =St:
'The contractor has been great,"
Paul. residents' concerns:
said Michael Thom: son . Ma l e_ Chief Lakin, while admitting°`:the
p p subject: 'is somewhat out of his , depart=;
wood Public -.works director. "They're �e
nt, agreed:
already meeting the schedule and .moo- « ,
ing 'forwarding and ' coordinating all We haven t heard another word.
the subcontractors. So .far -eve hin we've hadgood talks with . the neigh=
is going very. smoothly.' ;
' g boyhood."
The actual planning process:, how- The construction timeline *'to- have
ever, experienced a few- bumps„ along . the station ready for full use : by early
the way. East Siders living across the November.
street from- the .new fire station and Ti
Police' substation were. initially upset F'aklis cavi be reached at tfaklis.
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lttl aenews.com or at 651-745-�8�4:
when. they found. out. about Maple -
wood's plans.
They ,asserted they would have the