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Road Gear expanding, will move into 172,000 square foot facility

Work is expected to begin soon on a new 172,000 square foot building for Road Gear Truck Equipment, LLC, at the Mike Green Industrial Park on Highway 243.

Due to business growth, Road Gear is expanding to a larger location although the company will continue to operate at its current location on Highway 43 in Russellville.

Sherye Price with the Franklin County Development Authority attended Monday's work session for the Franklin County Commission and updated commissioners on the progress of the project.

Price will attend the commission's December 18th meeting to ask commissioners to approve tax abatements for Road Gear for the next 10 years. Those abatements will include ad valorem taxes and sales and use tax on construction materials, Price said. Road Gear will still be responsible for payment of education taxes even if the abatement is approved.

Road Gear will make a $3.5 million capital investment in its new building and is expected to add 130 employees over the next two years from its current 54 employees, Price said.

The Mike Green Industrial Park is a 172-acre facility located near the Russellville Airport on Highway 243. The facility is owned by the Franklin County Industrial Development Board, which has already deeded 27 acres to Road Gear.

Franklin County Probate Judge Barry Moore said he expects the abatement to be approved by the commission and he's looking forward to the company's expansion.

It's great to hear something's going to be located in the Mike Green Industrial Park. This is a good day for Franklin County,” Moore said.

Road Gear is owned by the Danny Gist family. The Gists also own and operate G&G Steel and Franklin Manufacturing, Inc.

Road Gear produces equipment for trucks, including aluminum racks, tool and storage boxes, bulkheads, step and saddle boxes and deck plates.

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