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Brownsville advances $70M public safety complex; NextDecade to fund fire apparatus and training
Summary
The Brownsville City Commission moved forward on design and funding for a new public safety complex and approved a cost‑sharing plan with NextDecade LNG LLC to purchase a fire engine, equipment and training support for the fire department.
Mayor John Cowan and the Brownsville City Commission on Sept. 16 acknowledged detailed designs and the capital plan that advance a new public safety complex and associated capital projects while accepting a private cost‑sharing agreement with NextDecade LNG LLC to support fire operations.
City officials said the complex will house police, fire administration, information technology/cybersecurity and an emergency operations center on a 55‑acre site and that design work is nearly complete. John Piercy, the project's lead architect, described the building as roughly 100,000 square feet with an entry sequence that includes treated storm‑water “wetland” features, a public event/training space and separate secure and public entrances. Piercy said the site plan shows about 80 public parking…
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