State officials announced Wednesday that tens of millions of dollars will go toward rail and freight projects in the Los Angeles area as part of a broader $900 million transportation funding package approved by the California Transportation Commission.<\/p>\n
Among the local projects, $35 million was allocated for rail power infrastructure in Los Angeles, while $33 million will support expanded freight rail operations at the Port of Long Beach, officials said.<\/p>\n
The funding is part of a statewide initiative aimed at modernizing transit systems, improving goods movement and deploying next-generation transportation technology, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are making the investments in world-class transit, freight, and transportation technology that will keep California workers and communities at the forefront of innovation and ahead of our competition,\u201d Newsom said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Officials said the Los Angeles-area investments are designed to improve rail reliability and strengthen supply chain operations tied to one of the nation\u2019s busiest port complexes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese investments modernize transit, strengthen freight and expand safe travel options,\u201d California Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin said.<\/p>\n
The broader package includes nearly $900 million for projects statewide, along with approval of a $17.9 billion, four-year infrastructure program focused on highway safety improvements, bridge and pavement repairs, and expanded access for pedestrians and cyclists.<\/p>\n
State transportation officials said the funding will help support both immediate infrastructure needs and long-term modernization of California\u2019s transportation network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"State officials announced Wednesday that tens of millions of dollars will go toward rail and freight projects in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[106894,94454,4110,48,52,51,47,50,49,1459,3230,1284,45228,11842,225],"class_list":["post-236776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-900m","tag-allocates","tag-funding","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-part","tag-plan","tag-port","tag-projects","tag-rail","tag-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}