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Blue Grass Army Depot. Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) is a U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command storage facility for conventional munitions and chemical weapons. The facility is located in east central Kentucky, southeast of the cities of Lexington and Richmond, Kentucky. The 14,494-acre (58.66 km 2) site, composed mainly of open fields and wooded ...
The equipment was moved to a siding at Eastern State Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, then to the Bluegrass Army Depot grounds in Avon, Kentucky. In 1988 the museum moved to its present location on Hwy 62 outside Versailles, Kentucky. After a fire in 2006, a partially burned house was remodeled into a Station and Museum. Rail line
Lexington Army Depot. Coordinates: Lexington Army Depot is a former United States Army facility located in Avon, Kentucky. In 1964, it was paired with Blue Grass Army Depot to form Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot. In 1999, the facility was closed after the recommendation of the 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission.
Bluegrass Station is a facility run by the state’s Department of Military Affairs that serves several private clients including military contractor giant Lockheed Martin. The $320 million-plus ...
Bluegrass Station straddles the Fayette and Bourbon county line. That means a tax on wages, which helps fund the bulk of city and county government operations, currently goes to Fayette County.
Now, a $320 million-plus, 2,000-acre proposal to expand Bluegrass Station’s operation could force Rigney and her family to leave their beloved property. “We’ve got this perfect property that ...
U.S. Route 60 ( US 60) is a major U.S. Highway in the American state of Kentucky. In the early days of the U.S. Highway System, US 60 was originally to be numbered as US 62. Following extensive lobbying and complaints filed by Kentucky governor William J. Fields to the American Association of State Highway Officials, the route was re-designated ...
Beshear’s two-year budget proposal included $55 million for acquisition of land. The Republican-controlled House budget included more than $320 million for the project.