NSW Government identify Memorial Ave, Kellyville for new Hills SES headquarters

THE State Government may have finally found a suitable location for a new State Emergency Services headquarters for The Hills.

The Hills SES headquarters is in desperate need for an upgrade.

THE State Government may have finally found a suitable location for a new State Emergency Services headquarters for The Hills.

More than 19 months after Roads and Maritime Services and the Hills Shire Council commenced investigations to identify a new location for the emergency volunteer crew, it has been revealed government land in Kellyville may be suitable to house the new home.

Baulkham Hills state Liberal MP David Elliott confirmed the NSW Government is investigating the allocation of land under the Sydney Metro Skytrain at Kellyville, on the corner of Old Windsor Rd and Memorial Ave, as a feasible location for the volunteer department.

The Hills SES headquarters needs an upgrade. Pictured is Evelyn Lester the Local Controller.

Mr Elliott said direct access to major arterial roads was the reason behind the government’s proposal.

A Hills Shire Council report, released on Tuesday, said Landcom was “prepared to offer one of four potential sites along the alignment of the Sydney Metro Northwest viaduct for construction of SES headquarters”.

“An architect was engaged to prepare preliminary concept drawing to see if dimensions and size of one of the remaining site is suitable for the headquarters,” the report said.

The Skytrain at Kellyville as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest could see a new SES headquarters built below it. Picture: Supplied

In April 2017, The Hills Shire Council approved $300,000 in funding to commence the design and planning approval for the project, however, has been waiting on RMS and Transport for NSW to identify suitable land for the unit to relocate to.

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Hills Shire Council general manager Michael Edgar said the site at Memorial Ave had only been identified in the past week.

While Labor councillor Tony Hay hit out at the RMS over the length of time it has taken to finalise the relocation of the growing volunteer emergency services unit.