Manhasset-Lakeville Fire District voters approved a $10 million bond to build a new ambulance unit building in Lake Success passed Tuesday night.

The department announced on social media around 10:45 p.m. that the bond was approved and thanked the district for its support. 

The won with 490 votes out of 900 votes cast, a 54.4 percentage, according to the district.

The bond’s approval means the department’s 40-person ambulance unit, which has shared a space with the department’s Company No. 3 in Great Neck since 1988, will have its own dedicated space on district-owned property at 70 Cumberland Ave. in Lake Success. 

The district will build a two-story, 10,366-square-foot building with an anticipated total cost of $11.7 million, according to the district. 

The Manhasset-Lakeville Fire District serves approximately 45,000 customers within a service area of 10.2 square miles. The district takes in all of Manhasset except for Plandome, half of Great Neck and some of North New Hyde Park. 

Anticipated hard costs of the project, which account for the physical materials, labor and equipment that go into the construction of the building, is $9,590,544. Soft costs for the project, which may include consulting fees, interior equipment or furniture, amount to $2,115,500. 

A state grant of $1 million was secured by state Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti (D-Port Washington) in 2022 and goes toward the approximate $3.5 million that has already been allotted for the project in reserve funds, officials said in May. 

Officials said the bond will help pay for the proposal alongside a state grant and reserve funds. The district said the last rate it received for a 20-year bond was 3.75% and that the anticipated cost for the financial adviser to obtain the bond would be $30,000. 

The bond result puts an end to over a decade-long search for a space for the ambulance unit.

The previous 14 locations that district officials said were considered were deemed not feasible due to not having enough space to build, the property being taken off the market or sold, the land being unavailable for use or site issues, among other things.

Residents in the surrounding area objected to the proposed location and the accuracy of a traffic study released in August that determined the ambulance unit would have “zero impact to local traffic.”

The district held a public hearing in May that was often tense where district residents raised concerns about the location of the building being next to a playground, noise and safety issues, among other things.

The district said in the traffic study surrounding roads are under the jurisdiction of either the Town of North Hempstead or Nassau County and reported to them suggestions to improve the safety concerns found during the traffic study.