Bay County is slated to build a brand-new substance abuse treatment facility at the Bay County Jail.
County Manager Robert Majka said at the last commissioners meeting, that the project would cost roughly $4.3 million.
The project will expand the jail's lifeline drug rehabilitation program, which has been around for several decades.
“The Bay County Jail Substance Abuse Unit construction is in the amount of $4,385,000," Majka said at last Tuesday's county commissioners meeting. "It authorizes the Chairman to execute the contract or make any contract modifications as approved by the county attorney.”
Dominguez Design-build, a Pensacola-based company, will design the building. The current rehab facility holds 60 inmates.
Once the project is complete, the new facility will hold up to 120 beds.