Dan Grote

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Cape May County officials broke ground Wednesday on the county’s new, $21.5 million justice complex, which they say will modernize and centralize its public safety and prosecutor services.

“Today we move forward with building a facility that meets the needs of our dedicated public safety personnel and strengthens the county’s ability to serve and protect our residents, but also, to do so without borrowing funds shows the strong fiscal stewardship of our county government,” Len Desiderio, director of the county Board of Commissioners, said in a statement.

The project includes the demolition of outdated facilities, construction of a new, 37,000-square-foot building, 9,600 square feet of renovations to existing structures, and extensive landscaping and site

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