UPDATED: Groundbreaking for New Georgetown Police & Public Works Complex – Dec 12

UPDATED – 12/02/25 – A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Friday, December 12 at 11am for the new Georgetown Police and Public Works Facility at 700 University Drive. The new complex will replace the existing police station and modernize and expand facilities for the Public Works Department. The Police Department building on North Race Street was originally acquired in 1991 – and Public Works has been operating from its current location since 1977.

Planning for the project officially began in September 2024 and residents approved a referendum for the project in November of 2024.

GGA Construction, based in Middletown, Delaware, will serve as Construction Manager for the project, and Fisher Architecture of Salisbury, Maryland, is the project architect.

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ORIGINAL STORY – 11/19/24 – Georgetown residents on Monday, approved a referendum that will allow the Mayor and Council to borrow up to $18-million to finance the construction of a new police station and public works building within the Town – and paying the costs of issuance of the Bonds. The referendum was passed with 183 votes for and 170 against. This will increase taxes. The Town estimates the increase to be about $17 per month or just over $200 annually.

To date – the land for the new facility on Route 404/18 & University Drive across from  Delaware Tech – has not been purchased. However with the passage of the referendum, that can now take place. The appraised value of the land, by an independent third-party appraiser, is $1,130,000. The payment will not be made from the borrowed funds and no cash will be spent from other Town funds on the land. According to the information presented during the public hearing on October 14, the Town will propose in-kind payment via exchange of fees to the property owner.

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