Up to $14 million in state funding has now been approved for the construction of an annex to the existing Curry County Courthouse in Clovis, New Mexico.
That funding was secured as a capital outlay voted by members of the New Mexico State Legislature earlier this spring, and now approved by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.
As planned, the annex, to be built to the rear of the courthouse, which is located in the 700 block of Main Street, will house the county’s magistrate court.
According to an interview in the Eastern New Mexico News with Lance Pyle, Curry County Manager, the project means that one building will soon house both the district court and magistrate court, enhancing security for “detainee transfers to the court facilities.”
The project has been long in the talking stage, with county officials paying particular attention to the historic significance of the original Art Deco-style courthouse, which was completed in late 1936 as part of a New Deal Public Works Administration project and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
By Garry Boulard
