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City and county leaders want to widen Tillman-Bethel Road to open land near I-69
The development land covers roughly 120 acres
Area of the city-owned development land, beside places you know
91 football fields would fit inside the city-owned development land
Sources: The Hendersonian, 14news.com
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| Area | |
|---|---|
| The city-owned development land | 120 acres (roughly) |
| A football field | 1.3 acres (end zones included) |
If you've wondered what's next near the new I-69 bridge, city and county leaders have an idea. At a special called meeting Tuesday, Henderson Fiscal Court heard a plan to widen Tillman-Bethel Road so roughly 120 acres of city-owned land can be developed.
Mayor Brad Staton and Missy Vanderpool, executive director of Henderson Economic Development, hope to see hotels, apartments, single-family homes, restaurants and retail there. Developers keep raising the same concern: limited access from I-69 to properties along U.S. 60.
- Split: city and county would share costs equally
- Upkeep: the city would maintain the road once rebuilt
- Lanes: three on the parcel's south side, two on the east
- Still needed: easements along the road
- Votes: none cast at the special called meeting
$1 millionestimated cost to widen Tillman-Bethel Road
Vanderpool didn't have a cost figure at the meeting, but Judge-Executive Brad Schneider said an estimate is $1 million.
Source: The Hendersonian
“I don’t see this as a gamble at all,” Staton said. "I see this as more of an investment than a gamble for sure." Staton also said the city has created an incentive package to spur building owners to fill empty buildings. The city commission will hear the same plan next week, and water retention and flooding would be studied as part of it.
