Quote Originally Posted by mikeg19 View Post
Just taking a look at it economically. Estimates are $650M to construct all the facilities at the Mound Rd campus. I get that the current jail is overbudget, but where would the $650M come from to get Mound Rd up and running? That's the problem.
Exactly right because the County has already issued $300 million in bonds for the original structure, more than half of which has been spent. Trying to get $650 million more in funding would be like pulling teeth and topping this whole project out at around $1 billion. That's that much more taxpayer money that doesn't need to be wasted.