It’s not exactly full steam ahead, but the City of Waynesboro has taken the next step in building a fire department substation in the West End of Waynesboro.
According to Waynesboro City Manager Mike Hamp, “the city issued notice of award today.”
The project was posted to eVa and the city’s website on May 13, and bids were being accepted through July 9.
No further details were provided on the award, and no start date for construction will be available until after documents are executed, Hamp said.
“Staff will work to execute contract, confirm project bonding and related administrative tasks over the next week or two,” he said.
Building the West End fire station didn’t appear to be a top priority for the city. Waynesboro voters approved a referendum supporting the construction of a West End fire substation in 2007.
Hamp previously told AFP that there were multiple reasons for the delay:
- Working on the design has taken time; want the station to be as functional as possible
- Difficult labor market
- Work on project was “impacted” by employee turnover in the A&E (architectural and engineering) firm
- The fire substation in Waynesboro is not the only project the firm was working on
The new station should allow the fire department the ability to respond to calls on the western side of the city within 5 minutes, 20 seconds, an estimated 90 percent of the time, according to a staff report from 2022. The staff report showed that calls answered and dispatched to the western part of the city from the current station on West Broad Street only hits that goal 35 percent of the time.
The new substation will be located on Osage Lane off Lew Dewitt Boulevard. The city closed on the property on Dec. 29, 2022.
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