Mr Elliott met with Member for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead, Manning Great Lakes Police District Commander Shane Cribb, site and project managers on Wednesday, September 4 to inspect the ongoing development.

He said the station is "a long time coming for the community of Taree and the Myall Lakes."

"The policing done here is vital, not only for the local community but because Myall Lakes is a heavily populated area during holiday periods," Mr Elliott said.

"The work being done by police officers here goes to complement that and ensures we have a safe community."

He said the station will bring officers up to speed with the latest policing technology.

"Policing in 2019 is all about technology and the ability to use technology to reduce the workload of our officers," Mr Elliott said.

"That gets them back on the beat doing what they need and want to do to make the community safer.

"Policing in the 21st century is all about seeing justice walk alongside police, not necessarily appear in front of them.

"This will be a much more accommodating facility for that to happen."

Mr Elliott was also pleased in the drop in multiple crime rates in the police district.

State-of-the-art equipment inside the new station will be what officers want, according to Mr Bromhead.

"They are the experts of what they need," Mr Bromhead said.

"They'll have a rapid response area, forensics right next door to the detectives and general duties all there together."

Mr Bromhead said the community response to the upgraded station will be positive.

"I think the community will be very pleased and happy to see it happen," Mr Bromhead said.

"They are already seeing the work police are doing, driving down crime in just about every category.

"They appreciate the police, they know what the police had to work under previously and they'll be happy to see this facility up and going."

He reflected on his time as a police officer in the former station.

"I can remember when I was a police officer here, stairs going up and down with trip points everywhere," Mr Bromhead explained.

"You had to take prisoners from a long way back in the facility, upstairs and downstairs to get to the court house which was danger for the prisoner and police.

"At the same time, there was nowhere to observe the prisoners. All that changes in the new facility."

The new station will include a regional police charge facility (van loading dock, charge dock, charge room facilities and interview room), a breath analysis and drug testing facility, CCTV and audio visual links, modern workspaces for taskforces, detectives and traffic and highway patrol and secure parking for police vehicles.

Roofing work has started on site while the level one structure has been poured.

About 80 per cent of workers at the construction site are locals while all material was sourced in the area.

The scheduled completion of the station is mid-2020.