Shenandoah Development continues around Vision Park Boulevard, where the Shenandoah City Council has approved road construction improvement contracts and special use permits for businesses in the area.

The City Council approved a construction contract for Pine Forest Drive at a Jan. 9 council meeting, a 200- to 300-foot road that will connect Vision Park Boulevard south to the Pine Forest Office Park development. The $460,000 road project will be funded by the developer of the office park, while the city is paying about $50,000 for median improvements and striping to Vision Park Boulevard, City Administrator Greg Smith said.

"It's something that has been planned for a while and it's going to open up traffic flow of the new development of Vision Park," Shenandoah Mayor Wes Stephens said.

Smith said construction on the road could begin once the developer deposits money for the project, but he could not make an estimation. Byron Bevers, Shenandoah public works director, said construction would take 120 days, but Smith said he believes the road will likely be completed before the completion of the office park.

Pine Forest Office Park will be south of Reliant Rehabilitation Hospital and house several 5,000-square-foot office condo buildings for lease. Smith said some offices could be completed and leased in Pine Forest Office Park by the end of 2013, but the entire Vision Park, which includes multiple developments, could take three to five years to complete.