GREAT ESCAPE EXPANSION PART OF EMPIRE ZONE.(BUSINESS)

Byline: KEVIN HARLIN Business writer

The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom still has no timetable for its proposed $20 million expansion, though inclusion in Warren County's Empire Zone will help the amusement park sell the plans to its parent, Six Flags Inc.

The Queensbury Town Board approved the park's inclusion in the zone earlier this week, though some board members were reluctant, wondering whether the park needed the benefits and challenging the way its request was packaged with other companies.

But Empire Zone officials said the park deserved the tax credits, cheaper utility rates and other perks it likely will get under the state economic …