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2 new Hall County fire stations could ease rising insurance rates
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The Hall County Board of Commissioners is moving forward with plans to build a station to replace the aging Station 3, which was built in the early 1970s as a temporary station. It’s currently located on Short Road off Price Road in North Hall. - photo by Scott Rogers | The Times
After months of planning, Hall County is poised to move on two new fire stations in North Hall.“We have offers out to property owners. We’ve identified locations, and hopefully we will have fire stations in the next 12 to 14 months,” District 3 Commissioner Scott Gibbs said last week.The exact site of the properties are confidential until they are under contract, he said.A new station will be built somewhere north of Mount Vernon Road, and Station 3 on Short Road off Price Road will be relocated on Mount Vernon. That station, constructed in 1973, was meant to be temporary.Funding for those stations and one other that has already been built was approved in a special purpose local option sales tax vote in 2004.Station 2 on Brookton-Lula Road was relocated to a new building on Hulsey Road in Clermont in 2008.The other two stations were supposed to follow shortly but plans were put on hold.