The city is looking for a contractor to build a replacement fire station near the Lincoln Airport and is seeking an architectural firm to design four new fire stations, to be built near the edges of the city.

One fire station, Station 11, is moving a half mile, from a building owned by the city's Airport Authority. The authority wants the building at Northwest 47th and West Adams streets for other uses. 

The city is seeking construction bids for the station, which is expected to cost about $2.5 million and be finished by the fall, said Tom Casady, the city's public safety director.

The other four stations, expected to help serve Lincoln’s growing population, are part of a plan approved by voters in May 2015. Voters agreed to increase the city sales tax by a quarter-cent for three years to raise about $36 million for the fire stations and a new 911 emergency radio system.