A brand new 75,000 square meter transshipment center will see the light of day in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures as the location of the transport company Speedy Transport Group with the desire to become “the number one haulier” in the province.
A 75,000 square meter building with 80 doors for delivery vans will be built in the François-Leclerc industrial park in the coming months.
The investment, funded entirely by the Brampton, Ontario company, is between US$15 million and US$20 million. The building is scheduled to go into operation in December and will create between 75 and 100 jobs.
The new facilities allow goods to be received and dispatched. For example, goods from Montreal and Ontario can pass through these new facilities before being shipped to the east of the province.
“The aim is to broaden our service in Quebec. We are currently well represented in Ontario with five terminals. We only have a presence in Montreal and the East was served by a partner. Having a location right in Quebec allows us to serve our customers in the region,” said the company’s sales representative, Isabelle Faucher.
“The goal is really to become the leading airline in Ontario and Quebec,” she said, adding that another terminal will be built in the Montreal area this year.
For his part, the Mayor of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, who was present at the official groundbreaking, welcomed this arrival, which will create “employment and economic vitality” in the sector.
“We’re not going to hide it, it’s important property value, so it carries its share of taxes,” he said.
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The new handling center is to be built in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures.
Two birds with one stone
In addition to ensuring its expansion in the province, Speedy Transport Group wants to restore the image of the forwarding sector by building offices that are “hypermodern, very bright and with avant-garde architecture”.
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The future transhipment center that will be built in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures.
“We know there is a labor shortage of drivers and warehouse workers. It is difficult to find commitment for this type of work. “We want to change the image of this historically always very traditional environment,” assures Ms. Faucher.
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