NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Metro Council has approved $35 million Thursday to begin work on a proposed new Davidson County jail, moving forward with the initial stages of the project expected to cost more than $400 million.
The funding approved Thursday will allow officials to begin the design phase and preliminary site work for an estimated $417 million jail complex, according to the city’s capital spending plan.
The new facility would replace the 32-year-old men’s correctional center off Harding Place, with other jail facilities in the county to also be combined into the new building…