Ribbon cutting for new public safety building ends 8-and-a-half year wait in Port Aransas

Ribbon cutting for new public safety building ends 8-and-a-half year wait in Port Aransas

An eight-and-a-half-year wait ended Monday for the city of Port Aransas with a ribbon cutting this afternoon for the new Charles R. Bujan Public Safety Building.The 14,000-square-foot facility cost just over $12 million, with $7.7 million of that amount coming from FEMA. Port Aransas City Manager David Parsons said the new building was made possible through teamwork involving federal, state and local agencies.The building houses the police depar…