<p>SLIDELL, La. — Amazon is expected to break ground on a new delivery station in Slidell within the next few weeks.</p>
<p>The facility is expected to create hundreds of new jobs in New Orleans suburb, <a href="https://wgno.com/news/amazon-facility-coming-to-slidell/">WGNO-TV</a> reported.</p>
<p>Slidell Mayor Greg Cromer that he kept the plan quiet for about 15 months until the announcement could be made.</p>
<p>Amazon is pledging the center will speed up delivery times around St. Tammany Parish.</p>
<p>It will be Amazon’s third delivery station in Louisiana, WGNO reported.</p>
<p>Gov. John Bel Edwards said the 140,000-square-foot delivery station will bring “hundreds of new jobs” to the state.</p>
<p>Amazon says pay will start at $15 an hour and employees will be eligible for a variety of benefits on day one.</p>
