Construction

on Fayette County's new jail and courthouse complex is expected to begin

within a couple of weeks now that the bid has been awarded.

Bell Construction

Company will build the first phase of the project at a cost of $32.1 million.

County commissioners

last week unanimously recommended accepting the firm's low bid, and the

Public Facilities Authority 30 minutes later approved the bid.

The contract

must now be finalized and signed. "Once that's done, we've told them

within ten days to be on the site," said commission Chairman Greg

Dunn. "We expect that'll be the third or fourth week of April."

The bid includes

only the first phase of the project, construction of the new sections

of the jail and the new courthouse, and related site work. Renovation

of the existing jail and courthouse will be bid later.

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