Fayetteville construction firm has been selected to build

the new Peachtree City police station at a cost of $1.75

million.

The City

Council approved the low bid from Leslie Contracting,

which came in about 9 percent below the city's budgeted

cost of $1.9 million. The bid package calls for

completion of the contract in 180 days.

Six

contractors submitted bids for the project, a 13,600-sq.

ft. facility to be built on Ga. Highway 74 next to the

Flat Creek wastewater treatment plan. It will replace the

current police station below City Hall and allow other

city departments to expand there.

The bid

amount includes $9,000 set aside for additional sewer

work requested by Pathway Communities to serve sites

south of the police station.

The city

will be reimbursed by Pathway for that amount before the

work is done.