The funding is an important element in PHA’s Clean Air Strategy Plan efforts and will help tackle emissions from the goods movement sector, including drayage trucks.
Drayage trucks are diesel fuelled, heavy-duty trucks that transport shipping containers. The DERA award will fund a bridge loan program that provides resources for retrofits or for newer, less-polluting trucks. The program targets owners of the more than 3,000 trucks operating at the Port of Houston.
Over the life of the program, the following emission reductions are anticipated: 1638 tons of nitrous oxide; 26.7 tons of particulate matter; 27.4 tons of volatile organic compounds; 239 tons of carbon monoxide; and 3636 tons of carbon dioxide.
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