Among the 166 projects awarded $2.2 billion in infrastructure grants were announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation, and reducing truck wait times at ports was a recurring goal. Transport Topics reported that “the funds are meant to modernize roads, bridges, transit, rail, ports and intermodal transportation.
Today, we announced the biggest investment in communities in the history of the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program. https://t.co/Rrhe9S1iPp #RAISEGrants pic.twitter.com/H1b7UaBhyH
— TransportationGov (@USDOT) August 11, 2022
Another feature of a $13.6 million multimodal project for the Port of Port Arthur in Texas that will convert an abandoned rail yard into a modern cargo storage and staging area is that it will reduce truck idling and emissions while improving freight movements.
