Reminder: $13.5M New Police Station Vote is Thursday

Voters will decide Thursday whether officials should invest $13.5 million to build a new police station on a town-owned property located on Judd Ave. near the high school.

The referendum is one year after voters shot down the $14.1 million version of the original plan.

Supporters of the project say the current police station on Plumtrees Road was built on a swamp, is too small, floods during heavy rain and has had raw sewage back up into the building.

Those who oppose the new station say it is too large, too expensive and too close to the schools.

Voting will take place from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015 at normal polling places:

• Districts 1 and 4: Town Hall
• District 2: Stony Hill Fire House
• Districts 3 and 5: Berry Elementary School

Click here to find your polling place.

More about the proposed plans can be found on the town’s website by clicking here.

Read more viewpoints on the new police station by clicking links below:

• Opinion: New Police Station is ‘Not Extravagant, Not a Palace’
• OPINION: ‘It’s Time to Vote ‘NO’ Again’
• OPINION: Proposed New Bethel Police Station is About More Than Location, Size or Cost
• Bethel Police Chief Responds to Critic of Proposed New Police Station
• Bethel Teen Makes Video to Encourage Voter Support of New Police Station
• New Police Station Opinion: ‘Vote Yes To Get This Done’