Nez Perce County Jail officials say their new $17 million facility in north Lewiston should be completed by the end of 2008.

The county contracted a Montana company to build the 61,000-square-foot jail complex last year, and broke ground on the site in late June 2007. County officials say the project should be completed by Dec. 15.

The jail is expected to hold 156 inmates, the county sheriff’s office and a driver’s licensing office.