Pittsburg County commissioners have awarded more than $3.1 million in bids and other costs for a new Pittsburg County Emergency Management Center.
The McAlester News-Capital reports that the bids were awarded on Monday for the center, which is also designed to serve as a regional emergency manager complex for southeastern Oklahoma.
The center will be built on county property.
The project is expected to cost more than $3 million. Commissioners say it will be paid mostly through existing county economic development funds.
The commissioners have committed their work crews to organize and carry out the initial dirt work to reduce the overall cost of the project.