Working to address a gap in emergency medical service coverage in the northeast part of Wichita, Sedgwick County officials have begun building a new ambulance post.
Construction began Monday on the $799,000 project, which is expected to be completed by mid-January 2019.
The new emergency medical service post will be at 3575 N. Webb.
Sedgwick County EMS Director Scott Hadley said the gap in emergency medical coverage has existed since 2014, when an ambulance post was relocated away from the area.
(Read more: Wichita Eagle)