Delays in Hays County’s jail renovation and communications center are being blamed on COVID-19 and designer errors.The expansion and renovation of Hays County Jail and construction of a co-located emergency communications center was approved by voters in 2016.The coronavirus, which could not have been expected, has resulted in a “domino effect” involving manpower, manufacturing and delivery across a variety of trades and systems, county commissioners learned recently.
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