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Kalamazoo County requests $2 million for jail design to replace aging facility
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor and Economic Opportunity · March 9, 2026
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Summary
Officials described a 1974 section of the Kalamazoo County jail with corroded embedded pipes, sinking foundations and frequent flooding; the county requested $2M for architectural and engineering design work to plan a full replacement or major renovation.
Kalamazoo County representatives and jail officials told the subcommittee that parts of the county jail date to 1974 and are functionally obsolete, with corroded plumbing embedded in walls, intermittent flooding events and constraints that…
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