Check out the video below providing a look at the kick-off to the 9-year, $1.2 billion Middle Harbor Modernization project. To read the full story previously reported, scroll below the video.
CORRECTION: ‘Harbor’ was initially misspelled as ‘harvor.’
May 14 | The nine-year, $1.2 billion Middle Harbor Modernization project was formally kicked off today with Supervisor Don Knabe, Mayor Bob Foster, and Port officials as the project begins Phase 1 of its development.
The project will upgrade wharfs, water access and storage areas, as well as add a greatly expanded on-dock rail yard. The project will cut air pollution and add thousands of jobs to the economy. Phase 1 construction includes the rennovation of the Pier E container terminal, the widening and deepening of Slip 3, and the filling of some 22 acres of Slip 1.
Other project highlights include:
- Rehabilitate and modernize aging infrastructure at Piers E and F to meet business and consumer trade demands
- Dramatically reduce air pollution and health risks as new equipment and efficiencies are built into the terminal
- Create about 14,000 permanent jobs in Southern California
- Generate 1,000 temporary construction jobs a year during the next nine years
- Implement aggressive environmental measures of the the Green Port Policy and San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan
- Reduce traffic impacts through increased use of on-dock rail
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