After completing the schematic design process on a potential new Muscogee County Jail, officials said the latest estimate to construct the replacement facility would cost more than $480 million.
Columbus Department of Inspections and Code director Ryan Pruett joined Douglas Kleppin, an architect with the SLAM Collaborative of Atlanta, Doug Shaw, an associate architect with Jericho Design Group of Cumming and Henry Painter, senior project executive with Gilbane Building Compan of Atlanta, to provide the Columbus Council with an update on the design of the proposed new jail.
The council has not voted to construct a new jail but did approve exploring a design and estimated costs for one on city-owned property on 11th Avenue, south of Cusseta Road, within a mile of the courthouse…