$2.5 Million for Auburn Public Safety Building Secured by Senator Collins
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that $2,500,000 she requested for the Auburn Public Safety building project was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations bill. Senator Collins, the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, visited the site of the future public safety complex last October.
The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law.
“Ensuring that Auburn’s finest and bravest have adequate facilities is essential to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the emergency services they provide,” said Senator Collins. “The Auburn Police Department’s current headquarters at City Hall was intended to be a temporary solution, but they have been there for more than a dozen years. The Central Fire Station is also in need of expansion and renovation. This project will solve both problems by creating a public safety campus at the Central Fire Station. As a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, I strongly advocated on Auburn’s behalf to include this critical project in the funding bill.”
“Auburn is thankful that Senator Collins recognizes the critical service that Auburn’s first responders provide for the entire region,” said Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque. “This funding will allow us to continue our good work for decades to come.”
Auburn will use this funding to renovate and expand the Central Fire Station to co-locate Fire, Police, and Emergency dispatch services at one facility. The building would provide space for fire station administrative support, a 911 call center, an emergency operations center, and common public space, as well as shared program rooms. An addition would also be made to the building to support a tower truck. A centralized public safety building would improve critical communication between all aspects of the city’s safety services.
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