City officials have been planning to build a new police station for at least 25 years, but even one of the idea’s biggest supporters said it probably won’t happen anytime soon because “the price is shocking.” Updating the Police Commission on the situation during a Nov. 14 meeting, police Chief Keith Mello said the new station would cost $81 million. He revised his estimate to $77.5 million in a follow-up email on Tuesday. Either way, it’s funding that Mello doesn’t see going toward a new station in the foreseeable future. Mello’s $77.5 million estimate comes from a construction contractor that the city selected in 2018 to provide the original design development estimate. Additional design costs are possible. The drawings date to 2018. The city will probably continue to fit out the existing building.
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