Although covid-related construction material delivery issues persist across Southeast Arkansas, work on the White Hall Plaza is moving full steam ahead.
By a 7-to-6 vote, the Jefferson County Quorum Court on Tuesday agreed to extend a lease that will pave the way for the development of a new hospital in White Hall.
A request to extend a lease on Jefferson Regional Medical Center's Pine Bluff campus and White Hall property met with resistance at Monday night's Quorum Court meeting, causing the measure to be tabled.
The Jefferson County Quorum Court Finance Committee and Jefferson Hospital Association agreed to a lease extension of Jefferson Regional Medical Center's original Pine Bluff campus and White Hall property through Dec. 31, 2099, pending approval of the full Quorum Court on Tuesday.