Staffordshire fire stations to be rebuilt in £45m plan
Work on rebuilding 11 Staffordshire fire stations will start this summer after funding for the £45million scheme was agreed.
Construction at Chase Terrace, Kinver, Rugeley and Stone will start during the summer while work at Codsall and Penkridge will begin next year and the Lichfield base being completed by late spring 2016.
The new stations will be equipped with new computer systems and have space for more community activities such as student firefighter courses. There will also be rooms for community groups, while stations crewed round the clock will have fitness equipment to be used by supervised groups.
Cannock Chase councillor Derek Davis, who was chairman of the fire authority from 1989 to 2009, said: "Modernisation is a good thing to improve thing for the community. They aren't just fire stations these days they are community buildings."
The government signed off the £45m deal in London with developers blue3 consortium this week.
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