State Sen. Justin Wayne speaks to the Omaha Inland Port Authority board about the plan to spend $90M in public funds to get a site near Eppley Airfield shovel-ready for a business industrial park. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)
OMAHA — A $90 million plan to launch a business park near Omaha’s airport faced continued scrutiny Thursday from a board that must provide a letter of support for the publicly funded project in order for it to proceed.
The questions from Omaha’s Inland Port Authority board also raised questions about whether the development team would meet its deadline to get the project site shovel ready for job-producing industrial businesses to sprout.
State Sen. Terrell McKinney, who chairs the board, said he was more focused on “transparency” and getting firm financial details from the development team led by the Omaha Economic Development Corp., Burlington Capital and Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce.