Lafayette launches study for new fire station near Sagamore Parkway South
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Lafayette this week hired a consulting firm to evaluate three locations along Sagamore Parkway South, near Tippecanoe Mall and Maple Point Drive, as home to the city’s potential eighth fire station.
The Lafayette Redevelopment Commission agreed to pay StudioAxis, an Indianapolis firm, $35,000 for a feasibility study.
Dennis Carson, the city’s economic development director, said the city doesn’t have a firm timeline for when a new fire station might be built but noted that it was meant to serve a growing part of Lafayette.
“That is something that we will likely decide during this phase concept and siting,” Carson said.
Kevin Cooper, with StudioAxis, said the project would look at sites and raise any red flags for each one, as the city considers the best spot. According to documents before the redevelopment commission, the study will look at three sites bunched within a block or two of the intersection of Sagamore Parkway and Maple Point Drive.
