Los Angeles may receive millions in federal cash to help clean up the air pollution at the ports.
The Environmental Protection Agency is offering grants totaling $3 billion to ports around the country to clean the air. KNX News’ Emily Valdez spoke to Congresswoman Nanette Barragan, who authored the legislation that made this possible.
“My staff and I sat down and we realized there was no program dedicated to cleaning up our ports,” she said.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said the city is applying for the program.
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“Thanks to this historic legislation, Los Angeles continues to lock arms with the Biden-Harris administration to deliver federal funding to transform our infrastructure, including here at the Port of L.A.,” Bass said.
Each port can get up to $500 million. The money would go to buy zero-emission port equipment.
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