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million plan to buy 808 acres for a new industriakl park in Bel County commissioners said they needed more informatio about the proposal that would create several largwe industrial sites with rail The commission will take up the matter agaimnext week. The countyu is considering buying ground from the city of Bel Aire to give the metroo a better competitive foothold as economicd development officials seek industrial companiew looking to move or Officials have said Wichita and SedgwiclkCounty haven’t had land to market to site-selection “Site availability is a critical issue for executive Lyndon Wells, who is chairman of the , told the countg commission Wednesday.
The county would buy the land for $6.5 The proposed site is boundede roughly by 45th and 53rd streets and Webb andGreenwichh roads. The city of Bel Aire wouldr extend water and sewer throughout the site at a costof $4.1 The county would spend $6.9 milliobn to pave 45th and 53rd streets. It also wouled install a rail spur at a costof $900,000. Chrisd Chronis, the county’s CFO, says the projectecd costs wereestimated figures, but the county’s portio would be about $14 million. Some commissioners expressed supportg for the planin principle.
“We’ve got to be creativw if we’re going to survive the economi csituation we’re in,” said Commissioner Gwen But she said she had yet to read the contract to buy the And Commissioner Tim Norton questioned whetheer the city should de-annex the grouns from Bel Aire, something the current plan doesn’r call for. Dealing with another government on various from incentives topolice protection, “complicates the wholes thing,” he said. He also said the commission should put togethera 5-0 vote on the which it has done on recent major initiatives such as the constructiobn of the downtown arena and the . The county voted 4-1 to tabler the item.
Commissioner Dave Unruh opposed waiting, “The need for this sort of initiative has longbeen