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Road improvement project to benefit new Amazon facility

Road improvement project to benefit new Amazon facility

Road improvement project to benefit new Amazon facility

Sedgwick County commissioners have approved a funding agreement with Park City and Valley Center to make road and drainage improvements that will benefit a planned new Amazon distribution center.

The project will reconstruct 77th Street North from the Big Ditch to I-135, with plans for a truck roundabout and other improvements to help what is expected to be a large increase in truck traffic in the area.   The Amazon center will be around 1 million square feet and it will employ around 500 workers.

County public works director Jim Weber said the total cost of the road project will be $6.3 million.    He said Park City and Valley Center have obtained an economic development grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation that will fund $3.5 million.   Sedgwick County, Park City and Valley Center will split the remaining cost, with each paying around $936,000.    Sedgwick County will provide in-kind services and cash for its share of the project.

Construction on the first phase of the project is expected to begin in June, and it will be completed in October.  Weber said phase two is still in development and a start date is not known at this time.

 

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