Port of L.A., Inglewood get combined $35M in grants
The Port of Los Angeles and Inglewood will receive multimillion-dollar grants from a U.S. Department of Transportation program to rebuild infrastructure, and Sens. Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein said Wednesday that it will improve safety and benefit the California economy.
The grants are part of a program funding eight local governments, transit agencies and tribes in California. The money — more than $119 million combined for the eight entities — comes from a discretionary grant program called Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity, otherwise known as RAISE.
The Port of Los Angeles’s Maritime Support Facility Access/Terminal Island Rail System Project will receive $20 million for construction of a four-lane rail roadway grade separation on Terminal Island, at the center of the twin San Pedro Bay complex.
The Inglewood Transit Center Project will receive $15 million for an approximately 1.6-mile transit system with three stations along Market Street, Manchester Boulevard and Prairie Avenue.
“As the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law continues to deliver for California, I’m proud to see significant investments from this historic legislation for local and regional transportation infrastructure projects,” Padilla said in a statement. “This funding for projects across the state, from San Francisco to the Central Valley and Los Angeles, will improve transportation safety, better connect our communities and help keep our economy moving.”
Feinstein, in a statement, also touted the infrastructure law, which President Joe Biden signed last year.
“The announcement of nearly $120 million to bolster transportation infrastructure is great news,” Feinstein said. “This funding will help California continue to lead the way to cleaner, greener forms of transportation.”
The Port of Los Angeles, meanwhile, has received another Department of Transportation grant, the federal agency also announced on Wednesday. The nation’s busiest port will receive $3 million for a gateway project to reduce congestion.
The funding will help the port use advanced technologies to improve freight movement and trucking, drayage and terminal operator activities.
The gateway project, in fact, will use artificial intelligence to streamline cargo staging and returns, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement.
“We’re pleased to support these innovative solutions,” Buttigieg said, “that will improve driving and public transit for Americans in urban, suburban and rural areas alike.”
That money comes from another federal grant program — the Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment — that has awarded $45.2 million this year to 10 projects that use advanced technologies to improve mobility.