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USDOT to Award $905.25MM in INFRA Grants June 30, 2021 USDOT to Award $905.25MM in INFRA Grants Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor The U.S. Department of Transportation has chosen 24 projects seven rail/port specific to receive $905.25 million in INFRA (Infrastructure for Rebuilding America) grants. USDOT announced the proposed INFRA projects on June 30 (download complete list below). As required under the FAST Act, Congress has 60 days to review them, after which USDOT may begin to obligate funding. USDOT not only prioritized projects that “would improve local economies, create jobs and meet all statutory requirements,” but also, for the first time, considered “how they would address climate change, environmental justice and racial equity.” In addition, INFRA projects were rated “on the extent that they applied innovative technology” and whether they could be delivered cost eff ....
A purchase price for the buses is not yet known, as NJ Transit invited bids for the project on Friday. The cost will be covered by federal grants and funds provided by Volkswagen in settling a lawsuit that alleged fraud and clean-air violations, the agency said. The vehicles will be the first electric buses for NJ Transit, an agency representative said Friday. The limited deployment of electric buses will allow NJ Transit to study the vehicles in a real-world setting, the agency said. Routes are to be determined, but Camden was selected because the topography and the length of the bus routes are suitable for assessing … electric bus technology, an NJ Transit representative said Friday. ....
South Jersey Port Corp. will use grant to fight climate change Watch: Romance blooms, again, at Valentine s Day event in Haddonfield Replay Video CAMDEN - A state grant will allow a port operator here to reduce its carbon footprint. The South Jersey Port Corp. will use the $6.6 million grant to retire 23 pieces of fuel-burning forklifts and cargo-handling equipment, according to a statement from the agency. The port then will replace those items with electric-powered units and charging equipment, the statement said. The port plans to convert all of its energy-consuming assets to zero-carbon within the next decade as suitable replacement equipment becomes commercially available, it continued. ....
The port plans to convert all of its energy-consuming assets to zero-carbon within the next decade as suitable replacement equipment becomes commercially available, it continued. Murphy provided the funds as part of a $100 million push to promote clean-energy alternatives, the port operator said. The campaign will seek to benefit environmental justice communities, which typically are low-income neighborhoods with high levels of pollution. Among other measures, it earmarks $36 million to electrify port, cargo-handling and other medium- and heavy-duty equipment in port and industrial areas, Murphy s office said. The funding also includes $15 million for NJ Transit bus electrification and $13 million for electric school buses and shuttle buses in low- and moderate-income communities. ....
Norcross, Murphy Announce $250 Million Investment in Offshore Wind Industry December 22, 2020, 5:10 pm | in Norcross, Murphy Announce $250 Million Investment in Offshore Wind Industry
$250 Million, Two-Phased Investment in the Paulsboro Marine Terminal is the Largest Industrial Offshore Wind Investment in the US to Date
PAULSBORO, NJ – Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy alongside EEW, Ørsted, legislators and members of the building trades, today to announce a $250 million investment in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility to build steel components, known as monopiles, for offshore wind turbines that will serve the entire United States offshore wind industry. The facility, which will be located at the Paulsboro Marine Terminal in Gloucester County, is the largest industrial offshore wind investment in the United States to date and will create more than 500 high-paying jobs at full ....