WEKU & Kentucky Public Radio: As Wars Wind Down, Depot Left Without Work
The Blue Grass Army Depot is preparing for further troop reductions, which has Kentucky lawmakers and business leaders in the region worried. WEKU Correspondent Matt Laslo reports from Washington.
A perfect storm is brewing around the Bluegrass Army Depot. The economy in the state is already depressed, and yet one of the missions of the depot is less important as the U-S slowly exits conflicts overseas, as Kentucky Democrat Ben Chandler explains.
“Obviously, the Bluegrass Army Depot and the jobs that are there are extremely important to the people in Central Kentucky, but I think we all have to recognize, at least on some level, that as wars wind down and there’s less need for ammunition, some jobs will be lost,” said Chandler.
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