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Falmouth committee unveils 47,713-ft² police station design and $65 million preliminary price tag
Summary
Advisory committee and designers presented schematic layouts, community-driven site changes and an early $65 million construction estimate (plus $5 million already borrowed), with town staff estimating an illustrative tax impact of roughly $135–$225 per year on the median home depending on financing choices.
The Police Station Advisory Committee and design consultants presented a schematic design for a proposed new Falmouth police station at 100 Brick Kiln Road and described a planning process that reduced building footprint, relocated access points after neighbor input, and moved support facilities to reduce impacts.
Boyd DeMello, chair of the advisory committee, said the project moved forward with Tekton Architects and Vertex as design partners and listed completed studies including a Phase I environmental assessment, geotechnical borings and an expanded traffic study. Steve Kirby of Vertex reviewed…
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