UPS Announces $300 Million Kentucky Ground Hub Project 

 UPS Inc. announced plans to spend about $300 million to triple the size of its Centennial ground package sorting facility in Louisville, Kentucky, to double the processing pace and improve service. The announcement by the company that ranks No. 1 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers said that the expansion complements the package carrier’s separate Worldport global air hub. The Centennial facility is being increased to 838,000 square feet from 257,000 square feet as part of a companywide capacity expansion effort that spans multiple years. Construction is slated to begin next year and be substantially complete two years after construction begins, the Atlanta-based company said. “This hub upgrade enhances UPS’s transportation and logistics capabilities and represents a continued commitment to our customers,” said Lou Rivieccio, president of UPS’s Ohio Valley District.  UPS plans to add at least 300 jobs, some full time and some part time, and start recruitment for those posts in 2017. The project serves the state and metropolitan area as well as supporting interstate operations, UPS said. It also will facilitate package shipments through Worldport. Included in the upgrade are automated conveyors and “decode tunnels” to replace scanning devices.