Sunday, November 17, 2002
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Sunday, November 17, 2002 |
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New police station in the works By MONROE
ROARK
Fayetteville officials are making plans to relieve some of the overcrowding at City Hall, and the biggest part of those plans is a proposed new police station. A consultant has been working with the city to compile a needs assessment, which includes square footage estimates and a rough elevation, according to City Manager Joe Morton. A complete cost assessment is expected by the end of the year. A few possible sites around the city have been looked at, but nothing has been nailed down yet, Morton said. The city's police and fire personnel currently share a single building adjacent to City Hall. Once the police move, another city department would take a portion of the vacant space and give some relief to City Hall itself, much the same way as Peachtree City did when it moved its police out of City Hall a year ago. Municipal court is also held at Fayetteville's City Hall each week, which causes unique overcrowding of its own both in the building and the parking lot. That would be eliminated with this project, as the city plans to move court to the new police station, Morton said. City officials will finance the project under the Georgia Municipal Association's Bricks and Mortar program, and Morton pointed out that with interest rates perhaps bottoming out, it would be financially advantageous for the city to move on this project fairly soon.
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