Johns Creek Hires Firm To Design New Fire Station

JOHNS CREEK, GA — The Johns Creek City Council has taken another step in its plans to bring a new fire station online to serve its residents. Council members at their Monday, Oct. 22 meeting voted to award a contract to Lyman, Davidson and Dooley Inc. to perform architectural and engineering services for Fire Station No. 64 in an amount not to exceed $216,800.

The new fire station will be located on 1.8 acres of land at 4795 Kimball Bridge Road. City leaders purchased the property for $379,000 in January 2018.

Now that City Council members have approved the contract with Lyman, Davidson and Dooley, officials will move forward with designing the new facility "while ensuring the building construction costs will fall within as budget as approved by City Council," city documents states.

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The city previously said the Kimball Bridge location will improve response times to calls along Sargent Road, Jones Bridge Road north of Buice Road, McGinnis Ferry Road west of Medlock Bridge Road, Abbotts Bridge Road west of Medlock Bridge Road, and Kimball Bridge Road. Roughly 8,867 residents who reside within this area will be better served as a result of the new fire station.

Johns Creek operates three additional fire stations — No. 61 at 10265 Medlock Bridge Parkway, No. 62 at 10925 Rogers Circle and No. 63 at 3165 Old Alabama Road — formerly controlled by Fulton County that were in place when the city incorporated in 2006. However, with the growth of the city, the Fire Department's long term strategic plan has recommended a fourth fire station.

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