BRANTFORD, ONT-The City of Brantford has approved at least a $20.6 million increase to the expansion of the existing Brantford Police Services Headquarters. The city’s council approved the redevelopment and expansion of the Brantford Police Services Headquarters at 348 Elgin Street in January 2021 at an estimated $39 million, and announced the increases on December 21 because of the addition of a third floor and construction inflation. In 2020 the initial estimate was $57 million, but the council pared it down and approved the project in 2021. At a meeting on Dec. 19, 2022 members of the Police Station Task Force were given a staff report detailing the project, inflation costs and supply issues that are affecting the original price tag. The city’s statement said “approximately $5.6 million has had

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