Oklahoma County government's excellent credit rating got it a great interest rate on the $215 million it is borrowing to expand work at the new county jail site, officials said, but voters will decide whether to complete the project, expected to cost $750 million, presumably in a public safety sales tax election.

The Board of County Commissioners voted 2-1 Wednesday, Oct. 8, to issue the remaining $215 million of a $260 million bond issue approved by voters in 2022. The funding will allow the county to go forward with the controversial hybrid approach to the future Oklahoma County Detention Center at 1901 E Grand Blvd.

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