Springfield Justice Center

In November 2004, the voters approved Measure 20-91 which provided for funding in the amount of $28.65 million for the construction of the new Justice Center Facility. The facility will provide space for the Police Department, the Springfield Municipal Court and a 100 bed jail. Because funding for the operation of the proposed new jail was not included in this bond, the City Council indicated that the construction of the jail will not proceed until funds are identified for the on-going operations cost.

Current Status
Based on direction from the City Council at their April 16, 2007 meeting, the City Manager executed a contract on June 11, 2007 with John Hyland Construction in the amount of $24,066,305.00 to build the Justice Center. Construction is on schedule for completion of the Police/Courts Building in October of 2008 and completion of the Jail in January of 2010.