{"id":97345,"date":"2015-02-23T16:18:08","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T06:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=97345"},"modified":"2020-11-20T13:27:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T03:27:53","slug":"tenders-sought-for-8-3m-police-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/02\/23\/tenders-sought-for-8-3m-police-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenders Sought For
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Kingaroy Police Station … built in the 1960s for a much smaller number of officers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February 23, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tenders close at 2:00pm on Wednesday for the multi-million dollar construction of a new Kingaroy police station and watchhouse.<\/p>\n

The $8.3 million project is believed to include the construction of a new building in the current car park area, the relocation of the Scenes of Crime building and the demolition of at least one building currently on the site.<\/p>\n

Funding for a new police station in Kingaroy was announced in the 2014 State Budget but there had been fears the project could be axed because of the change in government.<\/p>\n

However, tender documents were released by the new State Government on February 17, just three days after Annastacia Palaszczuk was sworn in as Premier.<\/p>\n

The current police station in Kingaroy was built in the 1960s and can now no longer safely house the number of staff stationed in Kingaroy.<\/p>\n