NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) - A truck maintenance shop will be the first new building erected at North Platte’s airport as part of the relocation of Nebraska National Guard units, the state adjutant general said.
Maj. Gen. Daryl Bohac said Wednesday in North Platte that the guard expects to begin construction of the garage during the 2021-2022 federal fiscal year, and a new readiness center will follow by the late 2020s.
The center will replace the North Platte armory that’s been in service since 1956, The North Platte Telegraph reported.
The armory and the old garage behind the armory have have served the guard well, Bohac said, but “they’re not as well-organized as they could be in terms of training.”
The new airport complex will meet post-9/11 standards calling for a minimum 40-acre (16.2-hectare) campus with greater distance between the front gate and the facilities, he said.
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