A new police station is to be built to serve Crewe and Nantwich, Cheshire Police has revealed.
The station will be built on land off David Whitby Way, near to the A500 Shavington bypass.
It will be the new base for the Crewe LPU, and officers and staff will move there once opened from the station in the town centre.
Cheshire Police say it will maintain a police hub in the town centre.
The new fit-for-purpose station will be more operationally efficient and greater environmental efficiency will save the force money.
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire, John Dwyer said: “I’m excited to share the news that we are one step closer to delivering a new and modern police base for Crewe and the surrounding areas, while still ensuring that local residents keep the town centre service and presence they expect.
“When I took office I realised just how much the current police estate needs updating so it better serves Cheshire residents, and I made modernising the service a priority in my Police and Crime Plan.
“That goes hand-in-hand with ensuring a visible and responsive service, and now residents in Crewe, Nantwich and the surrounding villages will have another police station to ensure this continues to be the case.
“I look forward to seeing the plans develop and I will work with the Constabulary to get this project over the line for the benefit of our communities.”
Chief Constable Mark Roberts said: “I welcome the commitment from the Commissioner to fund a new station in this fantastic location.
“Our communities in Crewe and Nantwich will benefit greatly and I look forward to seeing the new building taking shape.
“The current station is no longer fit for purpose, and the spot the new station will be in will make it easier for officers to respond to those who need us across both Crewe and Nantwich, as its strategic location gives us excellent access to the road network.
“While the station will be moving from the town centre, I’d like to reassure you that we will still have a policing hub within the town centre which will provide all the services you get from our current Crewe location.”
Wow! Yet another hare-brained mega-waste of ratepayers money on a white elephant project like the deplorably unnecessary multi-storey car park !
Those responsible should be tasered and confined to prevent further damage inflicted on the public purse!
O my god !!!! I’m flabbergasted to put it politely .
It really is about back slapping and willy waving nowadays is’nt it ?
Sod the honest public, sod the few good coppers we have ( the rest work for the crims anyway ) lets get some nice new “environmentally friendly” air conditioned plush offices for my tired old arse.
“I look forward to seeing the plans develop and I will work with the Constabulary to get this project over the line for the benefit of our communities.”
Ha ha, what this actually means is that he looks forwards to choosing his nice comfy swivel chair ( leather with massage function please ) and a drinks cabinet to show off to my other top rank officer community.
Like has been already said where the hell is the money coming from for this ??…..I’m already thinking car parking charges again here…..
We, “the community” need this as much as we need more bloody druggies & the like on the streets.
Just beggars belief! – Yet another hare-brained waste of ratepayers money dreamt up by those behind the £11M white elephant multi-storey car park. – It seems the lunatics really have taken over the Crewe asylum?
Crime commissioner wants a swanky new office in the country side
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Build a new station miles away from where it is needed, hey presto, all our problems solved!
Wow the police and crime commissioner is an absolute genius
Why have we even got a crime commissioner, please someone get rid of this guy he has dramatically increased my council tax bill
What a complete waste, a police station, might as well be in the middle of nowhere, people won’t be able to access it with out driving, there is nothing wrong with the ones we have, try reopening the one in Nantwich. I’m sure it was closed because of funding issues now they want to spend millions on a new one.
There are people being forced into homelessness and poverty, and they want to waste our money on this, absolute disgrace, ☹️
Whats wrong with the existing building? Pure vanity project. Waste of money but then the entire police force these days is a waste of money. Totally inept.
What a waist of time and money the crime commissioner is a useless basterd we have two good stations get l22ost
Love how there is money to build another when there are already perfectly good places stations at the moment
The moment they are out of sight is where the criminals move in
They should be sitting in cars within the town centre not squirreled away
This is the last thing we need when we have an 18 million pound deficit.
What a waste of money. The issue is we don’t have police in the towns !!
If this is built it will take all the police out of Crewe and Nantwich town centres.
I suppose our council tax will be going up by some astonishing rate to pay for this and the old building will be left empty !!
It’s about time some of these people came into the real world. Do they not know the country is in the manure !!
Fantastic idea, move it away to a nice leafy location away from the crime so it now takes longer to attend an incident! This crime commissioner is really earning his money.
As for a commitment to the community, when is it going to start? We don’t see a Bobby unless it’s in a car between 9 to 5! Hopeless overpaid box tickers!!
What a load of shit we have two good stations