GE Transportation to build plant in Texas, add 250 jobs in Erie

Lawrence Park Township will remain the home of GE Transportation locomotives. But it won't be the only home.
The company, an Erie mainstay for more than a century, announced Thursday that it plans to build a new $96 million locomotive plant in Fort Worth, Texas.
About $4.3 million in tax incentives and the promise of a lower pay scale may have been two attractions for GE, which has about 4,500 employees in Lawrence Park and another 800 at its engine plant in Grove City.
The company said it expects to hire about 500 people for its new plant.
The local workforce will also grow.
Erie County's largest employer, which has added about 1,000 employees so far this year through a combination of employee recalls and new hires, said it expects to hire an additional 250 workers in Erie.
Thursday's announcement was not completely unexpected.
The company has acknowledged for more than a month that it hoped to add another manufacturing site.....READ MORE