BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is granting more time for public comment on a preliminary decision to build a $1.6 billion headquarters in Missouri instead of Illinois.
The Belleville News-Democrat reports agency director Robert Cardillo announced Friday that people now have until May 2 to weigh in on the project that is tentatively slated for St. Louis.
That gives officials in Illinois some extra time to try and steer the project to a site near Scott Air Force Base in St. Clair County.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence uses satellite imagery to make maps and other data tools for military and intelligence agencies. The new headquarters is expected to create 3,100 jobs.
