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Keystone Heights Airport authority seeks $1 million connector road as developers outline 600‑job plan
Summary
Airport officials asked the delegation for $1 million to complete an economic corridor road that would open 100 acres for industrial development. Northeast Florida EDC presented a developer prospectus that estimated a $400 million capital investment and 600 jobs in a three‑phase buildout of airport property.
Airport officials and the Northeast Florida Economic Development Corporation told the delegation that a $1 million state appropriation to finish an Economic Development Corridor road would position the Keystone Heights Airport property for light industrial development.
Jim Iford, chairman of the Keystone Heights Airport Authority, described work already paid for with last year’s $774,000 appropriation — design and construction of right‑turn lanes and a new access road — and said the next step is a connector road across about 100 acres…
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