Politics & Government
Board Sneaks Peek at Proposed $27.9M Arlington Heights Police Station
Village trustees like what they saw Monday when reviewing the designs for a new AHPD headquarters.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — The process to build a new, $27.9 million home for the Arlington Heights Police Department continues to move forward after the Village Board received a peek Monday at its early designs, the Daily Herald reports.
The two-level, 70,500-square-foot police station is planned to be built on the site of the current headquarters at 200 E. Sigwalt St., the report stated. Construction to replace the existing 37-year-old, 38,000-square-foot station is scheduled to start as soon as June, the report added.
The new station would be set up in the following fashion, according to the Herald:
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- First floor: The public information desk and booking area, as well as the patrol and records divisions would be housed here.
- Second floor: Departments such as investigations, community services and administration would be on this level. It also would have a fitness center and locker rooms.
- Basement: A firing range, training room and evidence storage would be located here.
A 10,000-square-foot indoor garage is also part of the design, the report added.
Trustees praised the proposed station's "very traditional, warm design," as well as its functionality, the report stated. The project — the biggest undertaking by officials since refurbishing Village Hall about 10 years ago — is being financied by a $35 million bond issue, according to the report. That will pay for structural work, such as knocking down the current station and the construction on the new building, as well as the expenses for furniture and other equipment, the report added.
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The biggest challenge for the village now is finding a temporary, 18-month headquarters for the police department once construction begins this summer, the report stated. Officials already have contacted a few of the locations on a list of a dozen-and-a-half possibilities, but the board won't discuss options until the new near, the report added.
Next up, the village's plan and design commissions will evaluate the proposed designs before the year ends and send it to the board for approval, the Herald reports.
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