Plans For NLR Bass Pro Are Still A Go
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Plans for a major North Little Rock shopping
center anchored by a Missouri-based outdoor goods retailer are
progressing despite environmental concerns and complaints from
other businesses.
North Little Rock Mayor Patrick Hays says that he hopes the
store is under construction by this time next year.
The development at the southeast corner of the intersection of
Interstates 40 and 30 was announced in April 2003 but ground has
yet to be broken. The US Army Corps of Engineers must still
approve a permit to allow dredging on the 120-acre site, which
includes 30 acres of wetlands.
Among the groups objecting to the permit are the Environmental
Protection Agency and the US Fish and Wildlife Department. Both
groups said the project would affect aquatic resources.
The corps sent the permit request back to Belz-Burrow to address
the concerns and is waiting for the developer`s response before
making a final permit decision.
Hays said he expected the permit issue to be resolved soon.
