CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - Designers working on a proposed $13 million judicial annex behind the Jefferson County Courthouse downtown now have phased a community meeting room into the building's design, and officials said Thursday they could be ready to search for bids to build the facility by July.
Although county officials said last week that the annex could be open by late next year, they said Thursday it likely will be 2010 before it is opened.
County officials have talked for years about building a court facility to meet the county government's growing space needs, and there have been several proposals.
The Jefferson County Commission was presented last week with a plan for a 41,000-square-foot judicial annex to be built behind the Jefferson County Courthouse and former Jefferson County Jail, which also is being renovated for government office space.