A donation of nearly £70,000 , plans for a new building and a new launcher will turn a lifeboat station into accommodation finally fit for purpose. Maryport Inshore Rescue has received £66,890 from the Grand lodge of Mark Master Masons fund of Benevolence. The grant will allow the sea and flood rescue group to instal the mezzanine floor that will finally give members enough room for meetings, training sessions and extra storage. Work was to have been started on the mezzanine floor in 2013 but when the need to stabilise the foundations of the headquarters on the Maryport docks, the money was diverted. Station manager Mike Messenger said this is an exiting time for the rescue service.