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U.S. Congressman Ron Estes (R-Kansas) introduced legislation to lift a federal restriction on the Northeast Sedgwick County Park, which encompasses 650 acres of free trails and fields. This legislation will remove the federal restrictions over the land and allow the local community to make decisions regarding the park land. Additionally, this legislation will empower the Sedgwick County Commissioners to better use their resources to provide adequate recreation and future development in the area.

“Local Kansas communities should be able to make decisions about how to use their land without federal strings attached,” said Rep. Estes. “My legislation will lift the encumbrance on the Northeast Sedgwick County Park and restore local control of the land to the Sedgwick County Commission instead of allowing the federal bureaucracy more than a thousand miles away to limit its use.”