San Marcos Fire Department breaks ground on new station

Friday was less than ideal to hold a groundbreaking ceremony with sprinkling rain and foggy conditions covering the area. 

But the San Marcos Fire Department had waited too long not to celebrate the start of construction on fire station #2 located in the La Cima neighborhood off Ranch Road 12. 

“We talked about maybe postponing this but dammit we’ve waited too long,” San Marcos Fire Chief Les Stephen said. “I hope to be back here in 10 to 12 months with an even larger group and this will look completely different and a total transformation of this.”