Bill Barlow

CAPE MAY — City Council unanimously approved an $8.6 million contract with Ogren Construction of Vineland to build a new police station at Lafayette and St. Johns streets.

“It’s an expensive endeavor to have the taxpayers pay for a building such as this,” Mayor Zach Mullock said at the Tuesday council meeting. “This is such an important building for the future of the city.”

Police currently use a portion of City Hall on Washington Street and have a substation in West Cape May, which the department also covers.

For years, city officials have said the building was poorly suited for its use.

Mullock said at the meeting that Police Chief Dekon Fashaw’s office had been the principal’s office when the building served as Cape May High School.

Work is set to begin before the end

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