Work started recently to transform the former 3M office building at 100 Barnes Road into the town’s new police station. The town paid $1.8 million for the almost 10-acre property in July 2021. As an office building, it included a gym, a conference facility and a cafeteria. The total bonded for the purchase was $3.3 million, which included architectural and engineering design studies on the renovation. When completed, the department will move into the new space, vacating its current home in the old Armory building at 135 North Main St. In January, the Town Council approved $34 million in bonding, which included the initial $3.3 million for the building, for the project. Initially, before the pandemic, that cost was estimated to be about $24 million, but over the last several years prices have skyrocketed due to supply chain issues, as well as gas price increases due to domestic supply issues and the Ukraine war.
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