www.atomicbombmuseum.orgBannister Road Kansas City PlantWhen the feds sell a project, by God, they really sell a project. Representatives from the National Nuclear Security Administration and the General Services Administration dropped by City Hall yesterday to ask for the Planning and Zoning Committee's final blessing on the Kansas City Plant's move from offices on Bannister Road to a new facility in what one presenter called "the industrial heart of the 6th District." In doing so, they threw a
Anticipating increased traffic when industry in the area expands and the NNSA/Honeywell facility comes online, officials from Missouri Department of Transportation and City of Kansas City are pushing a $28.9 million road project to improve the interchange of Botts Road and Missouri 150 in Grandview.MoDot officials say the "diverging diamond" configuration is suited to handle additional car traffic, which will result from additional industrial development in the area, including about 2,100 new
www.peaceworkskc.orgAnn Suellentrop of Physicians for Social ResponsibilityAnti-nuke activists turned out to protest this morning's meeting of the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority, whose board voted unanimously to approve a development agreement to build a new weapons facility at Highway 150 and Botts Road. The National Nuclear Security Administration Campus will replace Honeywell's 60-year-old factory on Bannister Road, which manufactures 85 percent of the non-nuclear parts for nuclear
Nadia Pflaum"Can we just say 'aye' already?"The bigwigs seeking approval to relocate the Kansas City Plant are one rubber stamp closer to their goal. The factory, which makes non-nuclear components for nuclear weapons, will likely be allowed to abandon the Bannister Federal Complex for a new facility, to be built north of Missouri Highway 150 on Botts Road.The suits piled into the packed 10th floor meeting room at City Hall included representatives from Zimmer Real Estate Services, CenterPoin
