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March 26, 2008
JOHNSTON — A Mack Truck dealership — Ballard Truck Center — has negotiated a tentative land agreement that would allow it to move into the town’s industrial park on Shun Pike, according to Mayor Joseph M. Polisena, reports The Providence Journal.
Apparently, Mack likes the idea of being neighbors with A. Duie Pyle and FedEx. The basic idea is to provide service to the two trucking companies, Polisena said.
“They feel very good about coming,” Polisena told the Town Council at a recent meeting. “It’s almost like an ice cream shop opening across the street from a playground.”
The dealership has a tentative purchase and sales agreement with the overseer of the Shun Pike industrial park, the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation, Polisena said.
At present, Ballard Truck Center is operating in Worcester, Mass., and in Coventry at 80 Centre of New England Blvd.
Once it moves into the local park, Mack would sell Mack trucks, as well as parts for the big rigs. It would have a service department for repairs, Polisena said.
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