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GROUNDBREAKING AN ARCHITECT’S RENDERING OF HOW THE FRONT OF THE NEW
COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SUBSTATION IN GOLDEN GATE
WORK BEGINS ON
ESTATES WILL LOOK. CONSTRUCTION ON THE 8,960-SQUARE-
ESTATES SUBSTATION FOOT BUILDING, ADJACENT TO EMS STATION 10 ON IMMOKALEE
ROAD, BEGAN IN MID-APRIL AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED
IN JANUARY 2017. RENDERING COURTESY OF COLLIER COUNTY

GOVERNMENT (2)

M ake way for a new Collier County Sheriff ’s
Office substation in Golden Gate Estates.
After more than a decade of working out of a
portable office building on Oil Well Road, CCSO is getting
a long-awaited substation to serve the fast-growing area.

With shovels digging ceremoniously into a big pile of dirt,
construction officially began following a groundbreaking
ceremony April 15.

“I will tell you that from the men and women of the
Sheriff ’s Office we’ve been looking forward to this for a
long time,” Sheriff Kevin Rambosk told the crowd before
grabbing a shovel and joining members of the Collier
County Commission in the turning of the dirt.

Many of the deputies who work in the Estates and
members of the CCSO command staff joined the Sheriff at
the ceremony, along with Commission Chairwoman Donna
Fiala, Commissioner Tim Nance, Commissioner Georgia
Hiller and Commissioner Penny Taylor, and a representative
from Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart’s office.

Collier County government has budgeted $3 million
to build an 8,960-square-foot substation adjacent to EMS
Station 10 on Immokalee Road, east of the Collier County
Fairgrounds.

Plans for a permanent substation were put on hold in
2005 due to the economic downturn. Since then more

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