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BY AUBREY HOWELL
Sugar Land begins $1.9M design for Public Safety Training Facility Phase 3
More improvements are coming to Sugar Land’s Public Safety Training Facility. At a March 17 meeting, Sugar Land City Council approved a nearly $1.9 million design contract with Martinez Architects LP for the third phase of the city’s Public Safety Training Facility. The project aims to transition the police and re departments from training facilities in other communities to Sugar Land, said Lane Wolf, senior manager of vertical construction for Sugar Land. The third phase will be funded by the city’s $350 million general obligation bond approved by voters in November 2024, Community Impact reported. The bond allocated $30 million for the project. “It’s great that the city of Sugar Land is seen as a regional leader in police, re, [Emergency Medical Services] emergency training and preparedness,” council member Robert Boettcher said. “The continued investment in it is a great way to continue that.” The city rst purchased the Central Prison Unit property in 2016 followed by site demolition and asbestos
Public Safety Training Facility phases Phase 1 Completed
Phase 2 Interim gun range Conex re prop Phase 2
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Apparatus bays A romper room Simulation training space Classrooms Parking
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50-yard, 20-lane interior shooting range 100-yard, multi-lane outdoor range Class A burn structures Class and gun cleaning room
SOURCE: CITY OF SUGAR LAND COMMUNITY IMPACT
abatement in 2018, Wolf said. Phase 1 was completed in 2019, meanwhile Phase 2 was completed in 2025, he said.
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training and an academy to host training—will be brought to City Council for future consideration, likely after the next general obligation bond, Wolf said.
Phase 3 design is expected to take one year to complete followed by a year for construction, Wolf said. Phases 4 and 5—which will include driving pad for vehicle
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