USDOT, California announce supply chain strategic partnership
From Transport Topics. With the Biden administration seeking remedies to ameliorate freight connectivity concerns related to the national supply chain, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced a partnership with agencies in California. The Emerging Projects Agreement is meant to assist with the transport of freight at key West Coast hubs where stakeholders have identified supply…
From Transport Topics.
With the Biden administration seeking remedies to ameliorate freight connectivity concerns related to the national supply chain, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced a partnership with agencies in California.
The Emerging Projects Agreement is meant to assist with the transport of freight at key West Coast hubs where stakeholders have identified supply chain disruptions.
Under the partnership, announced Oct. 28, USDOT’s Build America Bureau will be tasked with aiding the California State Transportation Agency via financing opportunities. Such federal financing options include expediting access to Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) and Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF).
California projects under consideration for the federal-state partnership include commercial ports, freight rail corridors, large warehouses, truck electrification programs, highway congestion mitigation plans and land ports of entry.
“Our supply chains are being put to the test, with unprecedented consumer demand and pandemic-driven disruptions combining with the results of decades long underinvestment in our infrastructure,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said. “That’s why this administration is working around the clock to address both near-term and long-term challenges to our supply chains, including investments such as those in the bipartisan infrastructure deal.”
The secretary has called on Congress to clear for the president’s signature multitrillion-dollar infrastructure policy legislation.
The U.S. DOT’s announcement came soon after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issued an executive order meant to alleviate supply chain concerns. According to the governor’s order, “The Department of Finance shall work with state agencies and departments to develop longer-term proposals that support port operations and goods movement for consideration in the Jan. 10 governor’s budget. Proposals may include port and transportation infrastructure improvements, electrification of the goods movement system from port to delivery, workforce development and other actions to support goods movement.”
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