As Ford Authority reported back in 2022, The Blue Oval received $205 million in state incentives for the Ohio Assembly plant following a $900 million investment in that same facility back in 2019. These payouts came some time after Ford announced that it will build a new commercial-focused all-electric vehicle at the Ohio Assembly plant in the coming years following a $1.5 billion dollar investment, which was previously expected to potentially double the plant’s current workforce of 1,650 people. Now, Ford is planning a study centered around how the resulting expansions at the Ohio plant will impact traffic.
According to The Morning Journal, Ford plans to take a look at traffic issues that currently exist and could potentially arise at the state Route 611 and 254 interchanges, along with Interstate 90 and nearby roads, and is currently accepting public comments on the matter. The automaker’s goal for this study is to improve safety on surrounding roads, as well as to develop a plan that identifies specific ways to effectively handle traffic issues that may be caused by the expansion of the Ohio Assembly plant. The study notes that there were 1,406 crashes – including five involving fatalities – that occurred on these roads between 2019-2023.
As Ford Authority reported last May, the under-development electric Ford van that has long been slated to be built at the Ohio Assembly plant remains on track, in spite of some recent delays. What’s believed to be the next-generation Ford E-Transit is slated to launch in 2026, in fact, an important development as the current model remains quite popular with commercial fleet customers. Meanwhile, production of existing models including the medium-duty F-650 and F-750 trucks, the Ford Super Duty F-350, F-450, and F-550, and the Ford E-Series are all set to continue at the Ohio Assembly plant at least into 2028 – according to the United Auto Worker’s (UAW) latest master contract with the automaker.
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