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The $1.25 billion National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, intended to research some of the world s most dangerous animal and plant-based diseases, won t complete construction as planned this month, project officials announced Tuesday.
Instead, the federal project, still under construction on the north end of Kansas State University s Manhattan campus, is now scheduled for substantial completion in October 2021.
Delays have besieged completion of the facility, originally a project through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security but later transferred to management by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Complete transfer of facility responsibility to the USDA likewise won t come until October.