{"id":65409,"date":"2026-05-04T19:54:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=65409"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:18:45","slug":"lakeland-city-commission-officially-approved-the-construction-budget-for-the-new-fire-station-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/05\/04\/lakeland-city-commission-officially-approved-the-construction-budget-for-the-new-fire-station-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland City Commission officially approved the construction budget  for the new Fire Station #8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BIG NEWS for northwest Lakeland! This morning, on International Firefighters Day, the Lakeland City Commission officially approved the construction budget with Rodda Construction, Inc. for the new Fire Station #8! <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude92\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t67\/1\/16\/1f692.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"8f898f\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #8f898f;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/689008340_1299733555582868_5647121436007839885_n.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65410 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/689008340_1299733555582868_5647121436007839885_n.webp 940w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/689008340_1299733555582868_5647121436007839885_n-300x251.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/689008340_1299733555582868_5647121436007839885_n-768x644.webp 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Located at the corner of Sleepy Hill Road and Mall Hill Drive, this three-bay fire rescue facility is a vital investment in our community&#8217;s safety. It will house an advanced life support (ALS) fire engine, a quick-response ALS medical rescue vehicle, and an incident supervisor \u2014 all designed to improve response times and keep our citizens safe as our city grows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This milestone was a true collective effort. We are incredibly grateful for the support of our City Commission, the dedicated residents who championed this project for the Northwest District, and the recent $1.9 million investment from state and federal partners that helped make this a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With final permitting now underway, we are one step closer to breaking ground. Stay tuned for more updates! <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83d\udea7\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tc4\/1\/16\/1f6a7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc77\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t5c\/1\/16\/1f477_200d_2642.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIG NEWS for northwest Lakeland! This morning, on International Firefighters Day, the Lakeland City Commission officially approved the construction budget with Rodda Construction, Inc. for the new Fire Station #8!&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDVcLzY4OTAwODM0MF8xMjk5NzMzNTU1NTgyODY4XzU2NDcxMjE0MzYwMDc4Mzk4ODVfbi53ZWJwP2ZpdD05NDAlMkM3ODgmc3NsPTEiLCJ0eHQiOiJMYWtlbGFuZCBDaXR5IENvbW1pc3Npb24gb2ZmaWNpYWxseSBhcHByb3ZlZCB0aGUgY29uc3RydWN0aW9uIGJ1ZGdldCAgZm9yIHRoZSBuZXcgRmlyZSBTdGF0aW9uICM4IiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.a7SI4sG-dzOTP6uuzTEmn6xn6AiSRu1ThSw_VxQVAk0MQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA1XC82ODkwMDgzNDBfMTI5OTczMzU1NTU4Mjg2OF81NjQ3MTIxNDM2MDA3ODM5ODg1X24ud2VicCIsInR4dCI6Ikxha2VsYW5kIENpdHkgQ29tbWlzc2lvbiBvZmZpY2lhbGx5IGFwcHJvdmVkIHRoZSBjb25zdHJ1Y3Rpb24gYnVkZ2V0ICBmb3IgdGhlIG5ldyBGaXJlIFN0YXRpb24gIzgiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImRvaXMiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.2PgbQJ3W7R7pqTdpYZ8uB9EHLV7EZTr7ze_JgmQOMoIMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[14541],"class_list":["post-65409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-lakeland-city-commission-officially-approved-the-construction-budget-for-the-new-fire-station-8"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65411,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65409\/revisions\/65411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}