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County approves courthouse remediation; reports 244 home permits, elections office moves to Lafayette
Summary
Commissioners approved nearly $170,000 to remediate mold, asbestos and lead-based paint at the Walker County Courthouse; county planning issued 244 single-family permits in 2025 (an 11% drop), the Elections and Registration Office moved to 311 South Main Street in Lafayette, and the landfill received a sliding-door recycling bin upgrade.
The Walker County Board of Commissioners approved a plan to contain and remediate environmental hazards at the Walker County Courthouse after representatives conducting a pre-renovation review identified possible hazards and paused further interior work.
County representatives said testing found mold, asbestos and lead-based paint throughout the courthouse and identified four active areas of mold that require immediate containment and remediation before additional interior renovations proceed. Problem locations included staircases and landings on both sides of the fourth floor, Office 318 and the attic. The board approved a nearly $170,000 remediation plan; the transcript does not provide a roll-call vote or individual vote tally.
Separately, Walker County reported that its Planning Office issued 244 permits for new single-family homes in 2025, an 11% decline from the previous year, though county officials characterized 2025 as the third-best year on record for new-home construction. Most of the new-building activity occurred in unincorporated areas near Rossville, Rock Spring and Lafayette.
The Walker County Elections and Registration Office has moved to a renovated building at 311 South Main Street in Lafayette and will serve as the Lafayette precinct for future elections, the county said. The county also installed a side-access sliding-door recycling bin at the landfill to improve access and reduce moisture in the waste stream.
An unidentified speaker summarized the test results: "Once we received those results, we did notice that there is mold, asbestos, and lead based paint throughout the courthouse." County officials said the remediation project is expected to take several months; no contractor names, exact start date, or detailed funding sources were provided in the transcript.
