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ORLANDO, Fla. — Federal transportation officials have approved more than $10 million for projects to improve air quality at ports in Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale and Miami, the Biden administration announced Wednesday.
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The money for the awards comes from a new program included in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration.
The grants include $8.3 million to replace diesel-powered trucks with electric utility tractor rigs and install high-power DC fast chargers at the Talleyrand Marine Terminal in Jacksonville and the Port Everglades Terminal in Fort Lauderdale.
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The change is expected to “reduce truck emissions, queueing, idling and traffic congestion,” the release said.
Another $1.8 million is going to a new terminal operating system at the Seaboard Marine Port in Miami.
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