The municipal jail planning group announced today its intent to move forward with six potential sites for a new regional misdemeaner jail and the Interbay site at 1600 Armory Way is still on the list. Three of the potential sites are located in Seattle (including Interbay), one in Bellevue, one in Shoreline and one in unincorporated King County.
This is part of the search for a site for what is now going to be a larger facility with 640 inmates beds. It was originally announced that the jail would have 445 beds. No decisions will be made until 2010, including decisions of which cities will ultimately be partners in a regional jail and the preferred location for the facility.
At the announcement today, the planning group said there will be four public hearings to address the new sites. No new forums are being held for the Interbay site since a hearing was held this summer. (Magnolia Voice coverage here)
Nancy Rogers, president of the Magnolia Community Council (MCC), said that she has not had a chance to review the details following the announcement this morning but the group is still heavily opposed to a jail in Interbay and says there is no way a jail makes sense in that location. The MCC has taken a strong stand against the Interbay jail site.
The proposed site (marked by the X) is located right across from the Whole Foods complex on 15th Ave.
