College Station city council consensus choice for the location of a new public works center

This podcast contains comments from the May 18, 2026 College Station city council meeting.The next step is taken by the College Station city council to replace a public works center that has been in operation since 1978.Following a more than one hour discussion during the council's May 18th meeting, direction was given to build...subject to acquiring the land...behind the College Station ISD transportation center on Rock Prairie Road.Capital projects director Jennifer Cain expected this will take care of city needs for at least the next ten years.Cain said money has been budgeted for the nearly $50 million dollar project.City manager Bryan Woods says public works employees will be involved in the design planning, like employees in past building projects. He also says staff may be back with other ideas for the project.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the May 18, 2026 College Station city council meeting.