Houston's fire dept ordered a new ladder truck 3 years ago... they did not make sure the one they ordered would FIT inside the fire station

Three years ago, the fire department requested a new ladder truck to replace the one firefighters had been using for several years. 

Houston's city council approved spending nearly $1.5 million on it. 

"Under the last administration, they didn't clearly measure, and so there is a piece of apparatus that does not fit in a bay at Station 61," Marty Lancton, the president of the Houston Professional Firefighters Association, said. Fire officials said they are working to get an estimate on the construction of the bays at the station

The Houston Fire Department received a new ladder truck on June 9 intended for Fire Station 61. While the ladder truck fits in the bay door, the clearances are narrow, and when combined with the grade of the driveway, it is currently unfeasible to keep the ladder truck in service at this location. 

They will need to reconstruct the bay door and provide safer clearance for the new apparatus.

https://abc13.com/post/houstons-new-15-million-ladder-track-big-fit-inside-station-hfd-says/17788621/