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Long Beach harbor port facilities
Padilla Announces Nearly
$75 Million for California Ports
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S.
Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)
announced $74.5 million in grant
funding from the Department of
Transportation Maritime Administration to decarbonize, upgrade, and
rehabilitate key ports along California’s coast. The grants come as a
part of the FY 2023 Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP)
and are made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
California’s ports play an important
role in the nation’s economy, moving hundreds of billions of dollars’
worth of trade annually. These
ports process about 40 percent of
all containerized imports and 30
percent of all exports in the United
States. Today’s announcement in-
cludes funding for cleaner, energy
e昀케cient ports to stimulate a greener economy with less pollution, as
well as bolster port infrastructure to
support future o昀昀shore wind investments.
“The Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law continues to deliver for Californians by funding key projects
across the state to strengthen our
ports,” said Senator Padilla. “This
funding will boost clean shipping
e昀昀orts, rehabilitate degraded port
infrastructure, and streamline daily
operations up and down the California coast, making our ports more
e昀케cient for workers and safer for
neighboring communities.”
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