DETROIT – Seven area firms bid on the proposed Detroit fire station last week, and a Hudson firm that came up with the lowest price has been chosen by the town’s selectmen.

David Trask put in a bid of $279,000 for the station, beating out the next lowest bidder by $23,000.

First Selectman Joseph Cianchette said Wednesday the board was pleased by the large number of bidders. Cianchette said construction of the station will begin in mid-May, and most of the work will be completed within 90 days. The station is expected to be done within 120 days.

The station will be built next to the Dorothy R. Cookson School Town Hall, facing Route 220, Cianchette said.

The town has $325,000 available for the project, he said, with $275,000 coming from a Homeland Security funds grant and $50,000 as the local match.

The fate of the current fire station, which originally was a town hall and is more than 100 years old, is undecided, Cianchette said. It may be retained for a parks and recreation center or torn down and replaced with a smaller building to house the town’s mowers and other maintenance equipment.