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(The following appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on May 17, 2011.)

FORT WORTH, Texas — GE Transportation could receive up to $3.3 million in a 10-year tax abatement toward the development of a $96 million locomotive manufacturing plant in far north Fort Worth, under a proposal being considered by the City Council.

Pennsylvania-based GE Transportation announced last week that it wants to develop a 900,000-square-foot manufacturing plant at the northeast corner of Texas 114 and Farm Road 156.

Full story: Fort Worth Star-Telegram