New roads in De Soto could drive future development at Astra Enterprise Park, where Panasonic is building a $4 billion battery plant. For about 80 years, thousands of acres of undeveloped land in northwest Johnson County have been cut off from the surrounding region. Johnson County now is partnering with De Soto, Edgerton, Olathe, Gardner, Douglas County and the Kansas Department of Transportation on a $250,000 study to evaluate ways to reconnect the business park with surrounding roadways.
Source: Kansas City Business Journal
