Work could begin later this year on a long-planned new fire station in downtown Colorado Springs.
Officials with the Colorado Springs Fire Department say the new facility will go up off the busy Printers Parkway, which runs north to south through the city, and is expected to cost around $5 million complete.
That location is adjacent to the fire department’s existing headquarters building.
The new station will include living quarters for fire personnel, as well as an operative radio shop for the repair of radios used by other city departments.
A rendering of the project shows a four-stall garage with one-story facility space on either side of that garage.
City officials have for years talked of a need for more stations in other parts of Colorado Springs, with the possibility of three more new facilities being built primarily for the growing northern and eastern sides of the city, between now and the year 2030.
The fire department currently has 22 stations located in various parts of the city.
By Garry Boulard
