Moving forward on the new jail
Guilford County's new jail keeps moving closer from the drawing board to reality.
A key step is selecting a construction management group to see the project through. On Tuesday, a county committee decided to hear pitches from each of the five construction management groups that are interested in building the jail.
Each will get 20 minutes to make their pitch, then will field questions for another 30 minutes.
Once a management group is selected and financing is in place, work can begin.
The financing could be tricky, though. The county will be looking to sell bonds to raise money early next year, but the dismal state ot the economy means that the interest rates could be too high for the county to go through with the sale.
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