The Town of Amherstburg broke ground on a new fire station on Friday morning, which put an end to years of calls for a new facility.
Officials from the town and the Amherstburg Fire Department gathered at the developmemt’s site along County Road 18 near the Libro Centre. The new fire station, estimated to cost about $11.3 million, will result in the closure of station one and station three.
Recently retired fire chief Bruce Montone told CTV News after looking at several models, the decision to use only two fire stations will result in a “significant improvement” in meeting service delivery targets.
“There will be almost 4000 households that will receive the service level that council had directed us to provide many, many years ago,” said Montone.
Constructions crews are expected to begin work in the coming weeks and the new station is expected to be operational by August 2025.
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