SOUTHBRIDGE DRIVE DEDICATED

THE MAIN ROAD THROUGH SIOUX CITY'S NEWEST BUSINESS PARK IS OPEN

A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY WAS HELD WEDNESDAY MORNING TO DEDICATE SOUTHBRIDGE DRIVE, WHICH RUNS FROM THE SOUTHBRIDGE BUSINESS PARK TO THE I-29 AIRPORT INTERCHANGE.

SABRE INDUSTRIES IS ALREADY BUILDING A 28-MILLION DOLLAR MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, PLUS THE CITY HAS BUILT A 10 MILLION GALLON PER DAY WATER TREATMENT PLANT NEAR THERE.

CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MARTY DOUGHERTY SAYS
THE ECONOMIC GROWTH MAKES IT EASIER TO MARKET THE AREA TO OTHER POTENTIAL BUSINESSES:



THE NEW ROAD CIRCLES AROUND THE 185TH AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, REPLACING A PREVIOUS HIGHWAY THAT CUT THROUGH PART OF THE AIRBASE. COLONEL BRIAN MILLER SAYS THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CHANGE FOR THE 185TH AIR REFUELING WING:



DOUGHERTY SAYS WORK WILL CONTINUE IN THE REGION, WITH ANOTHER MAJOR HIGHWAY CONNECTOR PLANNED IN THE AREA:



CONSTRUCTION OF A DROP AND PULL RAIL YARD IS ALSO PLANNED FOR THE INDUSTRIAL PARK IN THE NEXT YEAR.