VALDOSTA — Hunt Industries, Inc. needs more dirt to expand its Valdosta location and the local economy.

The Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority expects the expansion to bring about $6.7 million and 49 jobs to the local economy, said Andrea Schruijer, authority executive director.

The Development Authority approved a $30,000 incentive during its June meeting to transport 250 loads of excess dirt from a worksite at Westside Business Park to the Hunt Industries worksite to aid in expansion of the new Hunt building.

The VLDA approved an additional $10,000 incentive for Hunt last week to transport another 90 truckloads of excess dirt to the worksite.

The incentive will now total $40,000 and about 340 truckloads of dirt.

“The new 42,000-square-foot facility will accommodate customer demands in the industrial construction industry,” according to a statement from the VLDA.

The VLDA used IMPLAN, an economic impact calculation software to calculate and break down the financial impact. According to IMPLAN, the Hunt Industries expansion will directly result in about $4.9 million and 35 jobs to the area on site.

Additionally, the expansion is expected to bring 14 jobs and $1.8 million indirectly through industrial suppliers as well as retail, food service, professional service and other business.

“This addition to our company will allow us to offer more construction solutions for projects across the southeastern United States and beyond,” said C. Terry Hunt, owner of Hunt Industries, Inc.