For years, leaders in Hialeah promised residents of Hialeah Heights, the city’s newest and fastest-growing area, a long-awaited government center that would bring police, fire rescue and other essential services closer to home.
Instead, the city is moving forward with a $43.6 million renovation and expansion of City Hall, removing the western annex facility from its capital-improvement agenda.
The Hialeah City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the City Hall project, which will expand and modernize the Building Division by using a surplus of building-permit fees. The decision effectively replaces earlier plans for a roughly $43.6 million Hialeah Heights government center intended to serve the growing northwestern area…