County Mulls Issuing New RFP for Bethesda Police Station
County officials are "much further behind" than anticipated on the project after developers JBG backed out of a land-swap deal to build the station.
Montgomery County’s Department of General Services may need to issue a new request for proposals for Bethesda’s second district police station after developer JBG backed out of a deal to construct the building. The county is considering several options—among them renovating the aging station at its current Wisconsin Avenue site, looking for a new location to build, and issuing a new RFP, said Greg Ossont, deputy director for DGS's office of planning and development. A decision on how to move forward should be made shortly after the first of the year, Ossont said. “We realize the second district police station is in poor condition,” Ossont said. “It puts us much further behind than we thought we’d be at this point due to JBG pulling out, so…
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