Lansing-based Wieland-Davco is putting the finishing touches on a $2.6 million, 15,000 square foot fire station in nearby Charlotte. The fire station is the city’s second, and should be complete by the end of 2008.
In 2007, Charlotte citizens passed a bond to pay for the new fire station. Charlotte’s existing fire station is divided by a railroad, so if a train is passing during an emergency, emergency workers have to wait for the train to pass before continuing to the scene.
“Basically, the majority of our industry, our schools and our apartment complexes are on the opposite side of where the fire station is now,” says Assistant Fire Chief David Brown.
The new fire station will have a 911 West Shepherd address. Brown says the department has no plans to hire additional staff to staff the new facility. The $3 million bond also includes funds for renovating the original 111 East Lawrence station.
Source: Kevin Shaw, Wieland-Davco
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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