Construction should begin this fall on a new, two-story fire station off Citation Boulevard and Magnolia Springs Drive, Lexington fire officials said Tuesday. Fire station 24 will take more than 13 months to build. Construction bids should be released in August with work beginning in mid-October, said Eric Chambers, chief architect for Brandstetter Carroll, the architect.
There are 23 fire stations in Fayette County. This is the first new station since 2007.
Mayor Jim Gray had set aside $5.2 million in the current-year budget for the 12,000-square-foot station.
Rapid population growth on the city's west side created the need for another fire station. The closest fire station to Masterson Station, one of the state's largest neighborhoods, is on Leestown Road. That station was built in 1952.