After decades of public debate, the town of Brunswick and a South Portland contractor expect to sign a $9.15 million agreement as soon as Wednesday to break ground on what could be one of the largest fire stations in Maine.
The 26,000-square-foot, seven-bay facility would be built by Ledgewood Construction, if the Brunswick Town Council green-lights the contract in a meeting Tuesday evening. Ledgewood submitted the low bid in a competitive procurement that drew proposals from 10 Maine construction companies, according to a town memo in support of the contract.
Ledgewood spokeswoman Lisa Beeler on Monday told Mainebiz the firm is ready to ink the deal and could begin work on the firehouse, at the corner of Pleasant and Webster streets, next week. She expects construction to take about 16 months.