HENDERSON, Ky. - At a special-called meeting on Thursday, June 30, the Board of Commissioners awarded a bid for the construction of turn lanes on the
Kentucky 425 Bypass that will lead into the Pratt Paper site.
The $1,967,800 project was awarded to JBI Construction Inc. of Evansville.
The $500 million Pratt project is a state-of-the art, 450,000-square-foot paper mill and corrugator that will manufacture 100 percent recycled products
including corrugated sheet and boxes. It will create at least 325 new jobs in what Gov. Andy Beshear has described as the largest economic development
in Western Kentucky in 25 years.
Henderson was named the selected site in late July 2021 and the groundbreaking took place in December 2021. Construction on the Pratt complex is already
well under way.
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