Funding Cleaner Caltrans Dump Trucks to Operate in the Bay Area
Location: California: Counties within the Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act state grant program in fiscal year 2008, the U.S. EPA funded the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), through the California Air Resources Board (CARB), $295,320. Caltrans will match the EPA funds with an additional $251,610 to replace six early 1990s model year on-road heavy-duty diesel dump trucks with vehicles powered by 2007 through 2009 model year equivalent engines. These dump trucks will be used to maintain and repair California’s roadways and operate in counties within the Bay Area Air Quality Management District boundaries. The old vehicles will be scrapped and retired, which will provide significant early reductions of diesel emissions. These new vehicles will begin operation by the end of 2009.
