New Market Drayton police station going green
Tuesday 24th August 2010, 11:29AM BST.
Work on a new eco-friendly police station is under way in Market Drayton which it is hoped will be completed by August 2011.
Contractors moved on to the site in front of the existing police station last week to start work on a modern, environmentally-sensitive building.
The existing Market Drayton police station is situated on a large plot and is a building dating back to the 1930s. West Mercia Police is keen to offer improved facilities for the public and staff, and feels the best way to do this is with a new purpose-built station.
Tim Wilson, facilities manager for Shropshire Division, said: “The existing station will remain open throughout the work and it is very much business as usual.
“People can still visit the station as normal. There will be some minor disruption with parking, with some spaces lost in the short-term to make space for the machinery on site.”
The building is designed to be as energy efficient as possible, reducing both the force’s carbon footprint and energy bills. It will be built with sustainable materials, solar panels and a “green roof” made of plants.
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whats the point of building a new police station in market drayton when every time you need the police there is nobody in?? and even if a crime happens all they say is we will deal with it when free got other problems at the moment! Waste of tax payers money and is a disgrace to build a nice new building for lazy officers to sit in and drink tea – they should be interacting with the community not hibernating at our expense – absolutly stupid idea!!! spend the money on the kids in drayton to get them off the street and make police lives even easier than it is – dont think the police know what an easy job they have in market drayton compared to other places.
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