SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — With a new public safety and courts complex on Morgan Falls Road a year from completion, Sandy Springs is a month away from opening a $3.6 million Police Fleet Center 2 miles north on Roswell Road.
The Sandy Springs Public Facilities Authority, which includes members of the City Council, met March 5 to hear the latest construction updates on the Fleet Center at 8475 Roswell Road.
Sandy Springs has gone through multiple iterations of plans for both facilities and initially intended the Morgan Falls site to be a “one-stop shop” for all things law enforcement. But due to space restrictions, parking and a desire to fit a future firearms training center and fire station all on the 12.5-acre property, leaders later opted to build the Fleet Center at a separate site.
Completion of the new Police Department Headquarters and Municipal Court on Morgan Falls Road has a scheduled completion date of March 2025. The budget for construction and sitework is just shy of $36.7 million, not including the $10.9 million purchase of the site in October 2020.
Dave Wells, director of facilities and capital construction, said the Roswell Road facility will be completed in April. He also said a budget amendment for a transfer between the separate projects is needed to recoup expended funds as construction wraps up.
“Substantial completion is the end of [March], and we will be finished with it next month,” Wells said.
The approved amendment moves less than $575,000 in contingency, used to compensate for cost uncertainty, from the headquarters and court buildings to the Fleet Center. It covers more than $500,000 for the removal of unsuitable soil and the increased cost of the fuel system.
“The issue was the installer,” Wells said. “Their scheduling would not be able to do it before April if we delayed it [and] they would have to…
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