Ford Expansion
Louisville
Description
Rezoning roughly 70 acres to M-2 Industrial for a 1.6 million sq ft two-building expansion of the Kentucky Truck Plant, with a height variance and three waivers, all approved and recommended to Metro Council.
Impact summary
A major manufacturing investment next to the existing plant, with landscaping buffers and a timed turn lane, but continued truck-parking concerns on Chamberlain Lane.
Applicant
- Name
- Sam Kandah, Ford Motor Company
- Address
- 3306 & 3308 Collins Lane; 3009 & 3011 N Winchester Acres Road; 2719 & 2721 Chamberlain Lane
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 1
- Total mentions
- 1
Last vote · Planning Commission
A recommendation, not a final decision. The council decides next.
Last discussed Jul 16, 2026.
Meeting timeline (1)
Related issues (4)
Chamberlain Lane scenic corridor designation
Naming the I-71-to-Mint Spring Branch stretch of Chamberlain Lane scenic would force bigger setbacks and tree preservation along the corridor. Maintenance is light-touch — mostly developers keeping up their own frontages.
Truck parking on Chamberlain Lane
Commissioners were promised the 2023 truck parking rezoning would get vendor trucks off Chamberlain Lane, but trucks still line the road. Ford says it can only instruct suppliers and wants LMPD enforcement; commissioners discussed penalty clauses and binding elements.
Uneven environmental enforcement by MSD
Developer Scott Hagen charged that Ford cleared 70 acres and denuded a stream without the permits, surveys, and fees any private developer would face, while Hagen recently got a stop-work order for unseeded ground. Commissioners agreed rules should apply evenly but noted enforcement sits with MSD and the Corps, not the commission.
Ford Kentucky Truck Plant expansion
Ford wants to rezone about 70 acres next to its Kentucky Truck Plant for a 1.6 million sq ft industrial expansion — a major jobs investment for the east end. Neighbors raised fairness concerns about environmental permitting and truck parking on Chamberlain Lane.
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