Work on new Hatfield Twp. police station ‘moving along’

The future of the Hatfield Police Department continues to take shape.

Township officials gave an update last week on the construction of a new police station on Cowpath Road.

“All is moving along. We all can see this good progress from the outside, and we are expecting the roof will be done soon,” said Commissioner Shahidul Partha.

Talks on a new township police station began in the summer of 2020 when the township acquired several parcels totaling roughly two acres on Cowpath just west of Orvilla Road, where several long-vacant retail buildings stood until they were demolished in early 2021 by members of a local union apprentice program.

In late 2022 the township hired a firm to design a new station, unveiled the first renderings in the summer of 2023, and broke ground on the new site in March 2024, saying at the time that the new station would give the department more space, state-of-the-art features, and quick access to both the township and adjacent Hatfield Borough, while also preserving roughly 34 acres of woodlands nearby, with a targeted end of construction by fall 2025.

Both the township and the police department posted photos from recent tours on their respective Facebook pages, showing a helmeted Police Chief Bill Tierney leading the commissioners and township staff through the construction site, including below a steel beam signed by residents late last year.

“The building is springing to life on the inside as well. There will be roadwork going on along Cowpath Road at the entrance to the station, as well as on Orvilla Road at the secondary access point,” Partha said.

“Improvements to this location are crucial to the traffic flow for the new building, and we have more to come,” he said.

    Hatfield Township’s commissioners received a tour of the township’s future police station on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Hatfield Township)
  

    Hatfield Township staff received a tour of the township’s future police station from police Chief Bill Tierney, left, on Monday, March 17, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Hatfield Township)
  

Township Manager Aaron Bibro added during his manager’s report that summer will likely bring more work on Cowpath Road, beyond the area near the station.

“This year, we are partnering with Hatfield Borough because one of our most important corridors, Cowpath — at least the portion that is not PennDOT-owned — is going to be on our list of roads to be paved,” he said.

Sanitary sewer work began on parts of Cowpath where it becomes Main Street in the borough in late February, and the manager said the repaving will run from the area of the new station near Orvilla Road, through the borough, to construction on the Route 309 Connector where it intersects Cowpath farther west when complete.

    Rendering shows an aerial view of a planned new police station in Hatfield Township, with Cowpath Road at the lower right, the new station building at the right center, car ports covered with solar panels at the left, and a firing range at the rear. (Image courtesy of Hatfield Township)
  

“I think all of us have driven through the detour in the last few weeks: I forget about it every day, and drive right into it. A lot of underground work being done, so we’re in a position to pave that stretch with the borough, which will lead right into the connector road being finished and paved. So this summer, we’re going to have a really fresh corridor over there,” Bibro said.

Hatfield’s board of commissioners next meets at 7 p.m. on March 26 at the township administration building, 1950 School Road. For more information visit www.Hatfield.org

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