FARMVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - A groundbreaking ceremony will be held next week for the new Farmville Fire Department. This comes as the town awaits loan approval from Pitt County to complete facility construction.

The ceremony for the new fire station will be on Monday, September 29th, at the corner of May Boulevard and West Horne Avenue.

Following years of talks surrounding a new fire department, Town Manager Justin Oakes says it’s about time.

“This is a project that the town has been working on, really going back around 5 years now,” Oakes said. “We’re going to break ground with phase one.”

This comes amid uncertainty as Farmville awaits a $4 million loan approval from Pitt County commissioners. The request is to support the roughly $7 million project. The county already denied their req

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