Trash often accumulates around the abandoned police station, empty since 1988.

The proposed demolition of the long-abandoned Morton Street Police Station has again been delayed, according to the Department of Neighborhood Development.

Representatives from the department told the Reporter in August that bidding for the station’s demolition would begin in the summer and a contractor would be selected by the end of October. However, by month’s end, no request for demolition proposals had been submitted and no timeline for the project had been made public.

The long-decayed station, located at 872 Morton St and empty since 1988, has drawn the ire of the Morton Street corridor community for attracting garbage and disused furniture to its grounds and for its use as a meeting point where some people gather for mid-day drinking sessions.

The demolition of the station was planned to be the first step in a $7.4 million rehab project organized by the state to improve conditions on the Morton Street Bridge, with the station’s parcel serving as a staging ground for repair work. Under the proposed plan, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation would foot the projected $300,000 demolition bill.

Following the demolition of the property, which sits in close proximity to a busy business district and across the street from a T station, DND is supposed to begin a community input process to help determine a new use for the land.

The last private developer to pursue the site considered demolishing the station and building a series of condominiums in 2004; however, a downturn in the housing market made the plan economically unfeasible.