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The county could send out the requests by the end ofthe day. The decision comes after commissioners twice delayedd making a decision on a proposapl tospend $14 million to buy 808 acres in Bel Aire for a county-ownedx industrial park. Commissioners said Wednesday the counth should look for tracts of land with at leasy 500 acres and access to railand highways. The countgy says the proposals are dueJuly 1.
County stafgf has argued ground is needed to createra shovel-ready industrial site for large The , funded by the private sectodr and local government, has said the metrop area hasn’t been able to compete well against otherf communities when industrial companies are seekinbg large sites with rail access, something that’s becomer more common as fuel pricexs have increased. The issue came to the forefront in May when overlookec the Wichita area in its searcn for a place to constructa 300,000-square-foot wind turbine Wichita’s lack of large tracts of industrial groun with rail access likely kept it on the sidelines.
The plant instead, be built in Hutchinson and could employ 400 The county’s plan to buy land in Bel Aire came unde r fire as opponents accused commissioners of being too narrowly focused.
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