SLIDELL, La. (AP) – Amazon is expected to break ground on a new delivery station in Slidell within the next few weeks.
WGNO-TV reports that the facility is expected to create hundreds of new jobs in the New Orleans suburb. Slidell Mayor Greg Cromer said that he kept the plan quiet for about 15 months until the announcement could be made.
Amazon is pledging the center will speed up delivery times around St. Tammany Parish. WGNO reports that it will be Amazon’s third delivery station in Louisiana. Gov. John Bel Edwards said the 140,000-square-foot delivery station will bring “hundreds of new jobs” to the state. Amazon says pay will start at $15 an hour and employees will be eligible for a variety of benefits on day one.
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