The federal government has provided more than $6 million in funding to help get the nearly-$17 million station built. So far, the province hasn’t committed any funding for the work.

Constructing new low-carbon “green” buildings is not the fastest path to mitigating climate change. Retrofits drastically reduce energy use and waste.

The company continues to augment its network across Ontario as it prepares to face regulators in the United States over its proposed $33-billion merger with Kansas City Southern.

The new detachment is part of the province’s OPP Modernization – Phase 2 project, which sees the replacement of 10 aging police facilities under a P3 model.

The government said Wednesday it will add two acres of land to the Greenbelt in southern Ontario for every acre of land developed through a minister’s zoning order.