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The Fairfax County Police Department’s new building for its Operations Support Bureau is expected to open in February, says project manager James Sun.
That’s three years after the facility, at 3911 Woodburn Road in Annandale, was originally supposed to be completed. The facility houses the SWAT team, bomb squad, K-9 unit, crash reconstruction unit, motorcycle unit, backup 911 service, and other operations.
“We initially estimated a three-year construction schedule, but it has been primarily extended due to the complexity of construction phasing that was necessary to maintain continuous operations of the existing police facility and 911 call center during construction.”
The construction delay has been especially challenging for families in the surrounding Winterset Varsity Park neighborhood…