Macon and Bibb county groups who will benefit from SPLOST money approved Tuesday are quickly getting to work.
One juvenile court judge says things need to change and he's hoping a new juvenile justice center gets underway soon.
Chief Judge for Juvenile Court, Thomas Matthews says in Bibb County, they need more room.
He says Fridays the hallways fill up with more than 100 kids and parents usually waiting an arraignment.
"There's no way that we can really keep an eye on what's going on in the hallway, so we have fights break out and other things that go wrong out there," says Matthews.
He says juveniles in custody are paraded to their hearing in front of the public waiting area because there's no other room.
"We have very little, narrow conference rooms. And sometimes people are jammed into our conference rooms," he says pointing to a room no bigger than a closet.
He says passing the SPLOST opens major doors for Bibb's Juvenile Justice system.
"We're all of a sudden going to have a place that meets our needs," says Matthews.
Grass now poking through the cracks on 2nd street, could soon be the site of the new juvenile justice center.
Bibb County Commissioner's Chief Administration Officer, Steve Layson says the project will use $6 million of the SPLOST money.
It'll be built across the street on one side from the crime lab, on the other, just across from the DFCS center.
For Judge Matthews and those visiting the 5th floor at the courthouse, SPLOST money brings in major changes.
Layson says so far, no contract is set on the new justice center, but it's one of the commission's top priorities.
He says they'll talk about how to move forward in a meeting on Tuesday.
And Macon's Animal Control shelter is set to get a new place as well with $3 million of the SPLOST funds.
Interim Director Van VanDeWalker says the animals deserve a cleaner place to live.
He says they plan to use SPLOST money to either build a new shelter, or renovate an old building.
"We're all so happy the SPLOST passed because if you look in the facilities here that we have, it's a terrible place for the animals to have to be housed. Dogs and cats. With the roaches, with the mice, with how old the building is, with the peeling paint," says VanDeWalker.
VanDeWalker says he hopes plans for a new building get underway soon.
The site of the new shelter has not been selected.