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Multi-Million Dollar Repair Creates New Jobs

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A Lithuanian company is investing $265 million dollars into an unused ammonia plant in Grant Parish.

The plant is expected to create 85 new direct jobs and generate over 500 construction jobs.

State Representative Terry Brown says the plant will be located near Pollock.

"The mayor is excited and the police jury in the parish are upbeat and thrilled to death to hear about the news of this plant coming in from Lithuania," says Brown.

The plant will produce 500-thousand tons of ammonia per year. Brown says Grant Parish continues to grow and new job opportunities help the area flourish.

"It's not only a great thing for Grant Parish, but for Central Louisiana," says Brown.

Brown says the facility originally opened in 1977 but has been sitting idle for the last several years. 

Construction is expected to start in the spring of 2016 and it will take only two years to complete.