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Mayor Todd Gloria helped break ground Monday on a fire station near UC San Diego that will serve University City and surrounding communities.
UC San Diego Chancellor Predeep K. Khosla, Councilman Joe LaCava and Fire-Rescue Chief Colin Stowell joined Gloria at the future site of Torrey Pines Fire Station 52.
The University City area was identified as needing a new station in the 2017 Citygate Associates Consultant Report. UC San Diego is funding a majority of the project, with total costs are projected to be about $22.2 million, according to the mayor’s office.
The project is expected to be completed by winter of 2024.
Fire Station 52 will be the first station in San Diego with an all- electric fire apparatus and rapid electric vehicle charging station, according to Gloria’s office.
The city of San Diego has opened fire stations in five neighborhoods since 2014 — City Heights, Little Italy, Mission Valley, Point Loma and Hillcrest.
Updated at 10:40 a.m. Oct.17, 2022
–City News Service
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