If you’ve driven down E-470 past the Aurora Highlands lately, you’ve likely seen a building that has already lived two lives: first as a highway maintenance facility and currently as a visitor center. Soon, this structure in the eastern part of the Denver metro area will take on its most critical purpose yet: Aurora’s 18th fire station.
It’s a project Aurora Fire Rescue Chief Alec Oughton calls a “perfect location” to heal a stretched-thin emergency system.
“We’re very, very excited about this project and what it will mean for our organization, and for the community we take care of,” he said. “This is a great opportunity to give this building its third life.”
As Colorado’s third-largest city grows to more than 414,000 residents, the expansion is moving faster than the infrastructure can keep up, leaving newer neighborhoods miles away from the nearest help. In the Aurora Highlands, response times currently lag between 12 and 18 minutes — that’s an eternity in a business where every second counts…