City officials broke ground Wednesday on the Denver Fire Department’s newest fire station, which will serve residents in the Green Valley Ranch neighborhood, near Denver International Airport, as well as a stretch of Peña Boulevard.

The $19.8 million Fire Station No. 40 will be constructed on a 5.48-acre site east of Peña Boulevard, north of 56th Avenue, and adjacent to First Creek.

The land, owned by the airport, is currently leased to DFD through an intergovernmental Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for an initial period of 20 years.

Funding for the 17,000-square-foot facility will come from the city’s 2017 voter-supported Elevate Denver GO Bond.

“Every Denver family deserves to know that when there’s an emergency, help will arrive quickly. Thanks to Denver voters, Fire Station 40 w

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