Mohave County has given the green light to yet another industrial development along Interstate 40 between Lake Havasu City and Kingman.

During Monday’s meeting, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved rezoning to allow development of the Alamo Business Park, about one mile south of Yucca.

The county is also in discussion with two bottling companies that have expressed interest in setting up shop in the area.

“We’re seeing quite a bit of activity, although it’s hard to trend when final decisions will be made,” said Jonas Peterson, deputy director of Economic Development for the county.

W. Howard Hoffman, a general partner with the Alamo Business Park, said plans and tenants for the park have not yet been decided.

“Basically, this (zoning change) is the first step in getting under way,” Hoffman said. ”We believe the Kingman area is going to undergo an economic boom. CANAMEX is being completed, Chrysler bought the Proving Grounds and other business are looking at the area.”

The CANAMEX Corridor is a trade route that connects the three North American countries and runs through Mohave County and Kingman via State Route 93.

The Alamo Business Park is five parcels zoned for 113 acres of general manufacturing use, consisting primarily of warehousing. A traffic study is pending.

Peterson said he could not yet name the two bottling companies looking at developing within Mohave County, as no contracts had yet been signed.

“One is early in the site selection process, the other is close to a decision. They are looking at Yucca and the Kingman Industrial Park,” Peterson said. “Bottling plants use a fair amount of water so that is a driving issue in the decision.”

The I-40 Industrial Corridor has been the chosen location for a number of new businesses in the county. In April, the county approved a water service connection for a new FedEx distribution center and in March Peterson announced that North American Pipe will set up PVC pipe manufacturing operations in the old Scott Paper plant in south Yucca.

The FedEx center will employ 20 to 40 people while the North American Pipe operation will create 75 to 100 new jobs.

Two new power plants have also been announced for the area near the existing Griffith Power Plant. Both plants would be smaller “peaker” plants, which come online when regular plants have met capacity.

However, even with the other good news, one major industrial development remains on hold. County officials said there is no timeline when development of a new Wal-Mart distribution center will take place.

In early 2006, Wal-Mart purchased 1,040 acres of land about one-half mile west of the Griffith Interchange and I-40 and announced plans to develop an 880,000-square-foot distribution center, expandable to 1.5 million square feet. But plans were scrapped when construction bids came in too high.

Calls to Wal-Mart were not immediately returned.

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