New joint police and fire station opens in Stowmarket
It's the 13th combined emergency services' hub to open in the county
A new state-of-the-art joint police and fire station has been officially opened in Stowmarket.
The facility, off Needham Road, has easy access to the A14 and is also built to be more energy efficient than previous service buildings.
It is just the latest in a number of joint police and fire stations to be created across the county.
However, it is the first to be newly built, with the other 12 being set up on existing sites which have been refurbished.
Construction began in July 2021, at a cost of around ÂŁ1.6m from both central government and Mid Suffolk District Council.
Tim Passmore, Suffolk’s Police and Crime Commissioner, said:
“This brand new joint Police and Fire Station in Stowmarket brings to a conclusion one of the largest joint blue light estates programme in the country.
"This is a stellar achievement by everyone involved and shows what the power of collaboration can achieve when we all work towards a common objective.
"The whole project is great news for Suffolk as it provides excellent value for money for the hard-pressed taxpayer.
“The new station is ideally placed to help police the busy A14 expressway which directly links the nation’s largest container port to the rest of the country which continues to be a driver for economic growth, especially with the advent of Freeport East."