Benefits:
Construction of the new Goose Creek Correctional Center will bring between 600 to 700 construction jobs and approximately 350 long-term correctional center jobs to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The new correctional center will double the available beds in the State of Alaska Department of Corrections in-state system and will also provide overflow capacity for un-sentenced prisoners from local pre-trial facilities.
The project is planned to be completed within three years from groundbreaking in Spring 2009. Estimated timeline is:
The approved contract budget for this project is approximately $240 million. This cost includes design and building services. The project is financed by the sale of revenue bonds that will be repaid by the state through 25 annual lease payments. Borough taxpayers are not paying for the project. |