Construction works on the new Beaconsfield Ambulance Station at Shaw Street in Beaconsfield have begun, as the Tasmanian Liberal Government continues to deliver the infrastructure we need to increase ambulance and paramedic services across the State.
Devonport-based contractor, Mead Con Pty Ltd will deliver the $1.9 million project, which is expected to take 12 months to build.
The new Beaconsfield ambulance station will deliver a state-of-the-art two-bay ambulance station with training room facilities and improved infection control measures.
The new station will improve the service’s response, provide training facilities for volunteers, and improve the general amenity of all users.
It will replace the existing site, which Ambulance Tasmania currently shares with the local hospital.
The new Beaconsfield Ambulance Station is one of six new rural ambulance stations to be built around Tasmania and is part of our Government’s plan to bolster our Ambulance Tasmania services.
Since coming to Government in 2014, we have employed an additional 243 FTE at Ambulance Tasmania and the new stations build upon our recent delivery of 48 new paramedics, 24 of which are in rural and regional areas.
Planning for new ambulance stations at Oatlands, Longford and Bicheno is also underway, while negotiations to build new stations at Bridgewater and Queenstown are progressing with construction of these stations expected to begin later in 2022