{"id":122955,"date":"2025-09-26T09:42:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=122955"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:17:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:17:18","slug":"allen-county-jail-construction-update-for-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/09\/26\/allen-county-jail-construction-update-for-september-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen County Jail construction update for September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Allen_County_banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"712\" height=\"367\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-112792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Allen_County_banner.jpg 712w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Allen_County_banner-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Allen_County_banner-150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Allen_County_banner-696x359.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Video footage of the Allen County Jail posted by Weigand Construction in early September 2025, illustrates that progress continues at the 2911 Meyer Road site.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>News release from the Allen County Board of Commissioners:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Allen County Justice Center Update for September 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne, Indiana (September 26, 2025) \u2013 Video footage of the Allen County Jail posted by Weigand Construction in early September 2025, illustrates that progress continues at the 2911 Meyer Road site. The video shows that roof installation is 70% complete, concrete floors are 50% complete, exterior light pole installation is underway, and the initial layer of paving for the access roads and NE parking lot is complete. The prefabricated jail cells arrived and are being placed within one of the pods. Glimpse inside one of the new cells toward the end of the video to see what they look like.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"pgcG9rH3HCI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Allen County Jail - Construction Update (September 2025)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pgcG9rH3HCI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fort-wayne-people\/billy_porter.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Embassy Theatre announced today plans for its new Marquee Gala presented by Weigand Construction. 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Photo provided by The Ferguson Agency.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='5d0919c691fbf16afdb1a1f160105741' data-image-id=\"12014\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20241014-the-elex\/tDJI_20241014151704_0031_D.JPG\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20241014-the-elex\/thumbs\/thumbs_tDJI_20241014151704_0031_D.JPG\" data-title=\"Construction update news conference for The Elex\" data-description=\"Aerial photo of the construction update news conference for The Elex on October 14, 2024. 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