Today's official opening of the new Toronto Police Station marks the end of a 5-year planning and construction period for three new stations in the Lake Macquarie Local Area Command.
Former Police Minister, Mike Gallacher announced plans to knock down and re-build the Belmont, Morisset and Toronto stations in 2012, but those plans were almost scuttled in favour of upgrades.
However, the plans did go ahead, with the state government investing $29-million.
The new Belmont Station opened in 2015, Morisset opened in June last year and the $6.8 million Toronto station opened to the public on the site of the old station in Cary Street in March this year.
Emergency Services Minister, Troy Grant was on hand for today's official opening.
Superintendent Brett Greentree says today's official opening is the culmination of many years of hard work.
"As much as I would like to take credit for that, it's my predecessors who put this into place probably a decade ago...things have changed over that period of time - we were only going to get a new police station at Belmont and a refurb at Morisset and Toronto, but we've ended up somehow - and very thankfully- with three new police stations," he said.
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| The old Toronto Police Station built in the 1960's Picture: theherald.com |
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| The new Toronto Police Station Picture lakesmail.com |
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| Lake Macquarie Local Area Commander Superintendent Brett Greentree |
