Demolition of old buildings at Kogarah has begun to make way for the first major ambulance station to be built in Sydney in more than 16 years.
The new station, to be built in Rocky Point Road near the intersection of Princes Highway, will be able to have up to 20 ambulances.
It will be the first of five new ‘‘super stations’’ — costing a total cost of $150 million — to be built over five years in key regional sites in Sydney.
Health Minister Jillian Skinner, who announced the program last year and was present for the start of demolition, said the stations would be ‘‘a game changer’’ for NSW Ambulance.
Commissioner Ray Creen said the ‘‘super station concept gives us the capacity to better align our paramedics and our vehicles to meet patient activity and demand’’.
‘‘It will ensure we get the right treatment, to the right patient, at the right time, in the right way, every time,” he said.
Construction of the Kogarah station is due to start in the second half of this year.
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