Firefighters in Greenville (NC) will be getting a new $5,594,803 station after the city council voted unanimous for the project, according to a report published by WITN television station.

According to the report, Fire/Rescue Station 7 will be located at 4170 Bayswater Road and designed by Stewart-Cooper-Newell Architects. Muter Construction will build it, the report said.

With three bays, the station will be large enough to accommodate any apparatus in the fleet and it will have seven bedrooms, according to the TV station story. The structure is also expected to have built in training props and a training/meeting room, the station reported.

The new station is expected to be funded with a general appropriation in the 2021-2022 budget, according to the report.

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