Work has now begun on Merseyside Police’s new £48million headquarters.
A ‘break the ground’ event was held on Friday, September 13 when the force’s Police and Crime Commissioner Jane Kennedy and Merseyside Police Chief Constable Andy Cooke ‘turned the first sod’ at the site in Scotland Road, Liverpool, which will act as the force’s new base once opened in September 2021.
The purpose-built, four-storey centre, which is being built adjacent to the force’s existing station on St Anne Street, will house more than 1,100 officers and staff who will move over from the current headquarters on Canning Place in Liverpool city centre and from a number of leased units in Brunswick Dock, enabling these to be released.
The 12,800 m2 centre will provide modern, open-plan offices, meeting rooms, and break-out spaces and has been designed to enable staff to work in a more flexible way.
Located on a brownfield site, the new police base will be bound by Scotland Road, St Anne Street and the approach road to the Queensway tunnel, breathing new life into one of the principal routes into the city centre.
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