A surge in applications for RV parks have been approved by Garnett City and Anderson County Planning Commissions in recent weeks. This comes on the heels of news that Southern Start will soon begin construction on a $141 million, 31-mile-long pipeline installation project from Welda to Ottawa. The RV parks are designed to provide for the construction of parking and camping areas for the RV camper units often used as housing for those workers when they move into an area for a work project. Garnett Commissioners earlier this month approved a special use permit from Freddy Partida to construct 30 RV parking spaces on the grounds of the former Taylor Forge heavy steel fabricating south of Garnett on U.S Highway 59. Construction is expected to begin in January.
