In the last five years or so, it looked like Stanislaus County would be moving its Health Services Agency away from its longtime home at 830 Scenic Drive.
But county leaders have concluded the best place for building a 55,000-square-foot health services administrative center is the old county hospital site on Scenic Drive.
Early this week, the county Board of Supervisors approved moving forward with demolition of dilapidated buildings at the Scenic campus — a job that could cost $10.3 million by itself.
The county plan calls for constructing the new building on Scenic for health services administration, support staff and public health programs.
The estimated project cost is between $56.9 million and $69.3 million when the demolition costs are included.
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