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<p>HANOVER TWP. &#8212; The township&#8217;s central fire station is one step closer to fruition.</p><p>A groundbreaking ceremony for the Sans Souci station took place Tuesday afternoon with members of township fire department, emergency management workers and state officials on site.</p><p>&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t get any better than this,&#8221; township Fire Chief Joe Temerantz said about the new site, the personnel behind him and the people who helped get the department to the current point.</p><p>The consolidated station was originally expected to be <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/local/532213/long-awaited-hanover-township-fire-station-project-back-on-track" target="_blank">completed by March of this year</a>. Officials are now expecting it to be done by September 2017.</p><p>Once the building is complete stations from Breslau, Hanover Green and Preston will be closed and consolidated at the new site. The township, which is considered a single fire district with multiple stations, will still have a station in Newtown and rent space in a station in neighboring Warrior Run.</p><p>Former township fire chief Jeff Tudgay told the Times Leader in 2012 that the proposed station would be a two-story structure with eight double-deep bays and have firefighters within five minutes of any point in the 22-square-mile township.</p><p>However, the cost for such a building was prohibitive. The new layout calls for a one-story building with five truck bays.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/local/540457/hanover-township-awards-bids-for-long-awaited-consolidated-fire-station" target="_blank">total cost of the consolidation will be approximately $2.6 million.</a> The township received a Local Share Account grant for $1 million in 2013 and will take out a $1.6 million construction loan.</p><p>USDA Rural Development State Director Tom Williams said the fire station shows the &#8220;commitment&#8221; the department has to the people of Hanover Township.</p><p>&#8220;Taking on the loan, (the fire department) sees a future,&#8221; Williams said.</p><p>Al Bagusky, chairman of the Hanover Township Board of Commissioners, called the groundbreaking &#8220;historical.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;We celebrate the transition of idea to reality,&#8221; Bagusky said.</p><p>Both state Sen. John T. Yudichak, D-Plymouth Township, and state Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-Wilkes-Barre, made note that the new consolidated station keeps the township in line with its motto: A progressive community growing in Luzerne County.</p><p>&#8220;Few communities have dared to go down the path of consolidation,&#8221; Yudichak said.</p><p>Yudichak said the township&#8217;s taxpayers deserved the very best and that&#8217;s what they will get when the station opens.</p><p>&#8220;A new future and a new beginning&#8221; Yudichak said.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Hanover Township Fire Chief Joe Temarantz and state Sen. John Yudichak share a laugh before the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Hanover Township fire station on the Sans Souci Parkway. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_TTL090716Hanover-Fire1-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Hanover Township Fire Chief Joe Temarantz and state Sen. John Yudichak share a laugh before the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Hanover Township fire station on the Sans Souci Parkway. </caption1><photoCredit1>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader Photo </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_TTL090716Hanover-Fire3-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Hanover Township Fire Chief Joe Temerantz looks out at the lot where a new fire station for the township will be built. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_TTL090716Hanover-Fire3-1.jpg</photo2><caption2>Hanover Township Fire Chief Joe Temerantz looks out at the lot where a new fire station for the township will be built. </caption2><photoCredit2>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader Photo </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_TTL090716Hanover-Fire2-1.jpg">
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<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Groundbreaking ceremony held in Hanover Twp.</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Melanie Mizenko</p><p>mmizenko@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Melanie Mizenko at 570-991-6116 or on Twitter @TL_MMizenko</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Construction on Hanover Township’s new firestation begins