Shortlist of two to build police HQs

Balfour Beatty and Interserve will be competing to be awarded the contract for all three projects across the county.

Last year the Home Office endorsed the decision to give the scheme £216m of credits under the Government’s Private Finance Initiative (PFI).

West Yorkshire assistant Chief Constable David Evans, speaking last year said: “The provision of modern, buildings and facilities will support effective policing at a local level and will help us deliver services that continue to meet community expectations well into the future.”

The two headquarters will be at Elland Road, Leeds, and Havertop Lane, Normanton. The new operational training centre, in Wakefield, will include firearms training ranges.

The Elland Road station, to be built on the former greyhound stadium, will replace outdated facilities at Millgarth police station, in Leeds city centre, and Holbeck police station.

Last night a statement issued by West Yorkshire Police said: “The project remains on programme to begin construction in Spring 2012 and remains within the affordability parameters established at the beginning of the project.”

A final business case will now be submitted to the Home Office and Treasury for approval in Summer 2011.

West Yorkshire Police said further public consultation events at each of the three sites at Elland Road, Havertop Lane and Carr Gate, Wakefield, will take place over the coming months.