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Brownsville presents design for $70M public safety complex as CIP centers on safety and streets
Summary
City officials showed preliminary designs for a consolidated public safety complex and presented a $150 million certificates-of-obligation-funded FY2026 capital-improvement program prioritizing the $70M safety complex, multimodal projects, streets and airport work.
Brownsville officials on Sept. 16 offered commissioners and the public an update on a planned consolidated public-safety complex and formally acknowledged a $150 million certificates-of-obligation sale that will fund the city’s FY2026 capital improvement program.
The city manager introduced John Piercy, the lead architect, who described the project's layout: roughly 13 acres on a 55-acre site, a single connected building ('one big roof') housing police, fire, an emergency operations center, IT/cybersecurity offices and community space. Piercy said design development is complete and the project team expects to finish design by about February, with construction to follow. He noted site features meant to reduce…
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