US ports win US$ 148M in grants to reduce pollution
NewsThe U.S. awards US$148 million in grants for port air quality improvements, focusing on electrification and reduction of truck emissions.
Rail emerged as the big winner when the US Department of Transportation announced the successful projects in its Transport Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) scheme.
Over US$1.5B will be spent on 50 projects and 11 of these are rail projects to “help get freight off America’s highways and onto rail.
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