Locked and loaded: Fort Worth police gun range in sight

FORT WORTH – The City of Fort Worth is set to open the first phase of its new police and fire training center at 505 W. Felix St. on November 1.

The police gun range and related offices and classrooms are expected to open as part of the first phase. The facility will include 50- and 100-yard ranges.

The second phase, which is expected to open April 2015, will include police and fire administration and headquarters, tactical villages, drive track, fire village and dive tank.

The project’s contractor has also informed the city that it’s “far enough along” that Fort Worth can now release some of the contingency funds it’s held in reserve for the project to other potential uses, according to Mark Rauscher, the city’s program manager over the 76-acre project.