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West Palm Beach lays out phased plan and $45.5 million gap for new public safety training campus
Summary
City staff presented a master plan for a multiuse public safety training campus in District 4, including a 24-lane indoor range, driving course and training towers. Staff said current identified funding totals about $29.8 million against a construction estimate near $60.3 million, leaving a multi‑phase project and a sizable funding gap.
City staff on March 23 presented a phased master plan for a West Palm Beach public safety training campus that would include classrooms, logistics buildings for police and fire, a 24‑lane indoor firearms range, two training towers, a burn building, a driving course, a dive/rescue pool and space that could double as a backup emergency operations center.
"This goes all the way back to 2008 when the operational need was identified," Kevin Volbrecht, the city's director of engineering services, told the mayor and commission. Volbrecht noted the city has identified roughly $29.8 million in funding so far from voter-approved sales surtax allocations and other sources but said the construction-only rough order of magnitude sits near $60.3 million.
Christine Perdomo, the city's senior project engineer and the project…
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