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The National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park would be built on a 450-acre site adjacent to the museum. (Graphic: National Corvette Museum)

The massive motorsports park planned for the area across the highway from the National Corvette Museum took another step closer to construction this week as Warren County, Kentucky, authorities approved the zoning necessary to place a track there.

The National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park would also be adjacent to the Bowling Green Corvette assembly plant. The new ordinance includes 405 acres of land rezoned for the motorsports park, according to the Bowling Green Daily News (via Corvette Blogger).

The park, which would be build by the Corvette museum, would include a double road-course configuration, which when linked will be the longest course in the U.S., according to the track's team. It will also feature a 10-acre autocross pad, a skid pad, and a quarter-mile drag strip. The road course is said to be modeled on the Le Mans circuit in France, with elements from the Nurburgring, Watkins Glen and other tracks.

With a $35 million budget and two- to three-year time table for construction once started, the park won't quite be ready for the expected arrival of the C7 Corvette in 2013. Once it's up and running, it likely would be the biggest and best playground for Corvette owners anywhere.

For more information about the plans, see Corvette Motorsports Park.

This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.