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BY MIRANDA JAIMES & DON MUNSCH
Park improvements price approved Construction for Keller Sports Park improvements will begin in January after a guaranteed maximum price of $30.9 million was approved by Keller City Council Dec. 5. Council member Ross McMullin said the renovations to Keller Sports Park will be a “generational moment” for Keller. “I couldn’t be more excited for it,” he said at the meeting. “But the reason I think it’s a generational moment is because this has been a project that has been years in the making.” Any costs above $30.9 million will be absorbed by the construction manager at risk, o cials said. Construction is set to begin in January 2024 and be substantially complete by December 2025.
This concept art shows what a renovation to the current Tarrant County Sheri ’s Training Academy could look like.
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Commissioners back renovation of training academy
support for the rst option. The approved $1.9 million contract includes: • Renovating the current academy, located at 1500 Circle Drive in Fort Worth • A SWAT facility • A cost estimate of $28.54 million The design process is set to begin in January.
Tarrant County commissioners approved a contract with Komatsu Architecture to renovate the Sheri ’s Training Academy Dec. 4. The overview O cials from Fort Worth-based architectural rm Komatsu shared three di erent options for the new training academy. Commissioners expressed
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