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By Aaron Mahoney

Tender Awarded

Calgary company awarded tender for Coaldale RCMP Detachment building construction

May 17, 2019 | 3:01 PM

COALDALE, AB – The Town of Coaldale has announced that the tender for the construction of the Coaldale RCMP Detachment has been awarded.

The tender for the much-anticipated construction project was awarded to Pomerleau Inc. out of Calgary, with a construction tender of $11,655,000.

To commemorate the start of this construction project, the Town of Coaldale and the Coaldale RCMP Detachment will be co-hosting a ground-breaking ceremony at 4 p.m. on Monday, June 10 at the building site at the corner of 19A Avenue and 8 Street, just off of Highway 3 on the east edge of Coaldale.

The RCMP began policing Coaldale in January of 2016 under a new municipal policing contract. Plans at that time included the construction of a new detachment building to not only house the Coaldale Detachment but also provide facilities for regional policing services.

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For the past three years, the Coaldale Detachment has been operating out of a portion of the Coaldale Town Office which was renovated and retrofitted to serve this purpose.

Mayor Kim Craig says he’s delighted the construction project for the new detachment building will soon begin in Coaldale.

“We couldn’t be more delighted to see this project moving ahead,” Craig said. “Council is super excited to have the contract awarded for the Coaldale RCMP Detachment building and to see construction start in earnest.”

The new facility will not only add to Coaldale’s overall enhanced emergency services but will also provide the RCMP with a more accessible regional facility in this part of southern Alberta.

Staff Sgt. Glenn Henry says the Coaldale RCMP are pleased to be taking the next step in having the police detachment built, and they look forward to its completion.

The new facility will be home-base for the Coaldale RCMP Detachment which includes 17 full-time RCMP members and five administrative staff.

The Coaldale RCMP building will also house various RCMP support sections including a regional traffic unit, police service dog, forensic identification unit, firearms officers and other specialized support RCMP staff.