Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, Councilmember Sal DiCiccio and City Manager Jeff Barton have teamed up to secure a place in the 2023-2024 capital budget for a new fire station in Ahwatukee.
Fire Station 74 will be built on the NWC of 19th Avenue and Chandler Blvd. The station will be between 12KSF and 13KSF and have three bays with a fire engine and a medical rescue vehicle.
Upon opening, Station 74 will be crewed by a staff that will start at the training academy in the coming fiscal year because the funds in the 2023-2024 operating budget include $3M per year and $3M each year thereafter as an operating budget.
DiCiccio reached out to the Mayor’s Office when no new fire station for the area was included in the project list for the upcoming $500M General Obligation bond that will go on the Phoenix November ballot. The two then worked with Barton to bring the plan to fruition.
Gallego expects the fire station development to happen quickly, since the City owns the land and the design will follow another station built three years ago in Norterra. Early predictions estimate the facility could be up and running in the next two years.
Construction costs are estimated at $12M, DiCiccio said. (Source)
