River Ridge is the largest construction site in Indiana.Â
By 2025, the factory is expected to have more than 200 employees.
River Ridge Development Authority Board authorized almost $2 million for new roads and water connections at the commerce center.
The business park is located off Highway 62 in Jeffersonville and Charlestown.
After 10 years as president and CEO of southern Indiana's quasi chamber of commerce, Wendy Dant Chesser said a new opportunity to move the region forward was too good to pass up.
The 6,000-acre property is growing too quickly for the current wastewater plant to keep up.
Jerry Acy, executive director of the River Ridge Development Authority, believes the 20 or so canisters are shipping containers, not explosives or shell casings.
More than 1,000 buildings from the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant will be torn down to make way for new businesses.