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16 • COMMUNITY ADVOCATE • Friday, January 14, 2022
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Shrewsbury holds topping off ceremony for new police station Topping off | from page 1
remains on schedule and on budget, despite challenges including the interruption of the supply chain and inflation. Officials broke ground on the new station in September after Shrewsbury voters approved a $42 million debt exclusion to fund it. The Planning Board approved plans for the new 31,125-square-foot facility over the summer. “The result of all this work is what you see behind me — the bones of a modern, functional, comfortable police facility, which will include a brand-new town communication system and will meet the needs of Shrewsbury for the foreseeable future,” said Patrick Pitney, chair of the Police Station Building Committee, on Jan. 5. In addition to the communications system, the new
station will also feature a 9/11 memorial and community meeting spaces — the latter of which Polito called “terrific visioning.” Samia said the steel frame was symbolic of the “strength and resolve” of everyone who made the project happen as well as the strength of both the Shrewsbury Police Department and its mission. “Finally, the steel frame symbolizes the strength of our support for all members of the Shrewsbury Police Department who put their lives on the line on a daily basis to keep us safe and make our community a better place to live,” Samia said. Work now continues at the police station site, with the old station expected to be demolished in February 2023, according to statements by the project’s architect to the Planning Board last year.
Crews lift and secure a beam in the new police station.
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