The Los Angeles and Long Beach seaports plan to contribute a total of $25 million toward a partnership with area air quality agencies to provide as many as 207 charging units throughout Southern California, they announced June 27.
Each port’s harbor commission has approved $12.5 million from its Clean Truck Funds collected from the Clean Truck Fund Rate.
Led by the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee and administered by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the project calls for the investment of $135 million to install charging units at eight sites throughout the region, including in the cities of Wilmington, Rancho Dominguez, Rialto, Fontana, Commerce and at the Port of Long Beach.
One of the ports’ Clean Air Action Plan goals is to move to a zero-emissions truck fleet by 2035.
“With more than 23,000 trucks working the harbor, the investment potential provided by the Clean Truck Fund rate is a key to our air quality efforts,” Port of Long Beach CEO Mario Cordero said. “These projects with our partners shows the program is working as designed.”
