NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson Fire Chief Steven Beer said progress is continuing on the new fire station at 23rd and Main.
"They brought in a second crew to help start putting more block down," Beer said Tuesday. "They're on track. They're on schedule. The materials are there, so they're going to town. You'll notice a white screen fence around it during the fair, just to keep the lookers from making distractions and different things like that, basically. Crews will still be working, over the ten days of the fair they will minimize what they are doing. Things are going vertical real fast."
He expects the contractor to be done when they said they would be, as long as they can keep getting supplies.
"Originally, they said 365 days, a full year," Beer said. "I'm expecting some time next spring here, that the building will be completed, barring any material issues or shortages that may arise yet. So far, the steel, everything is showing up and ready to be put together."
The cost of the station is in excess of $5 million and should be completed by May 2023.