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Frances Watkins, 13 Nov
WORK HAS begun on demolishing a Limerick garda station, to make way for
a new District Garda HQ.
The bulldozing and demolishing of a garda station in Newcastle West has
started, to facilitate the construction of a new District Garda HQ.
The replacement HQ and site clearance of the previous garda station was
announced in September by The Office of Public Works.
The work is being carried out by Scanlon Construction Ltd.
The new garda station will consist of a new three-storey building of
1,151 square metres on a site of circa 0.1651 hectares.
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It will replace the old garda station on the site and will provide the
operational, functional and accommodation requirements to deliver the
new Garda Operating Model.
The new station will operate as the new headquarters for Community
Engagement in the Limerick Garda Division, as per the new Garda
operating model which was recommended by the Commission on the Future
of Policing.
The construction will be split into two stages, having now begun with
the demolition of the existing station and ancillary building, site
clearance along with the decommissioning and removal of all existing
site services.
Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works,
Patrick O’Donovan, T.D., said: "Since we lodged the planning
application and commenced the tendering process for phase one of this
project, I have looked forward to seeing it progress to these next
stages.
"Once completed, this building will enhance the public presence in the
town while facilitating the policing infrastructure capacity for the
region and the surrounding areas."