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When they met Wednesday, Leavenworth County commissioners approved the allocation of $150,000 for a countywide transportation study.
The request for the funding was made by Greg Kaaz, chairman of the Leavenworth County Port Authority.
Last year, county commissioners tasked the Port Authority with overseeing a countywide transportation study.
Kaaz said the study is needed to help secure future federal and state funding for road projects in the county.
He said Julie Lorenz, secretary of the Kansas Department of Transportation, has stated Leavenworth County needs a transportation plan.
Kaaz said he also has requested funding for the study from the governing bodies of the cities of Leavenworth, Lansing, Basehor and Tonganoxie.
Business may be coming to Leavenworth
An additional business could be moving into a Leavenworth industrial park.
Steve Jack, executive director of the Leavenworth County Development Corporation, said a sales agreement for a three-acre lot in the Gary Carlson Business Park may be approved next week by the Leavenworth County Port Authority.
According to Jack, officials with a business from the Kansas City area are interested in constructing a 10,000-square foot building on the lot. This could result in 21 “high salaried” positions at that location.
Jack reviewed the potential business coming to Leavenworth on Thursday during a meeting of the LCDC Board of Directors.