The Carbon County courthouse elevator, which has been out of service for several months, is back in operation.

On Friday, Commissioner Chris Lukasevich said that the elevator passed inspection and is now operational.

The elevator replacement previously failed inspection last month.

Carbon County chose to replace the elevator because it was aging and parts were getting harder to find.

Commissioners awarded the contracts for the project in September to Bognet Inc. of Hazle Township; Billitier Electric of Rochester, New York; and Current Elevator Technology Inc. of Milford. The total cost of the project at the time was $280,277. An additional $32,963 was added on later for additional parts that were needed.

The county had received $138,494.32 in state grant funds toward the project.

The main elevator in the 1894 courthouse was aging and has been the main access for courtrooms 1 and 2, as well as the basement for decades.

In 2014, it broke down and costs to repair it came in at $22,684.