Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
A $2 MILLION police station is back on the drawing board for Morisset.
A development application has been lodged with Lake Macquarie City Council proposing to demolish the old station and build a new one.
The new station would include officers from Lake Macquarie Local Area Command, Police Transport Command, State Protection Group and the Dog Unit.
In 2012, the state government promised to build a new police station at Morisset, but reneged in 2013 after a cost blowout with the new Belmont police headquarters.
A plan then emerged for Morisset station to get a refurbishment only.
Member for Lake Macquarie, Greg Piper, welcomed the news.
"Plans to boost police presence at Morisset have progressed substantially, with a government announcement that a transport police unit of 19 officers will move into the station this year," Mr Piper said.
"I am pleased to see [Police Property Group] have reverted to plans to build a much-needed, contemporary new station at Morisset."
Southlake Business Chamber and Community Alliance president Robert Kemmis said the new police station was great news.
"It's the best news we've heard in a long time," Mr Kemmis said.
He hopes the new building leads to a greater police presence in the greater Morisset region.
A new station at Toronto had also been proposed, but this too was scrapped in favour of a "large-scale extension and renovation".
Mr Piper sought details about when new plans for the Toronto station would be lodged. He understood the plans would involve a completely new interior.