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The Monroe County Council voted unanimously to cancel plans for a $225 million justice complex at the North Park site.

County commissioners expressed disappointment and concern, stating the decision sends the county back to the drawing board under legal pressure.

Opponents of the plan, including local business leaders and citizens, celebrated the decision, citing high costs and a poor location.

One day after the Monroe County Council’s unanimous vote to nix the planned $225 million North Park justice complex , local officials’ displayed emotions from elation to bewilderment.

Julie Thomas, president of the Monroe County Commissioners, who had put together the jail plan, said she expected the county council to follow through on its decision last year to purchase

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