Metro - File #: 2025-0576

• File #: 2025-0576
• Type: Agreement
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 7/9/2025
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 9/17/2025
• Title: CONSIDER: A. RECEIVING AND FILING a status update on the California Transportation Commission's adoption of the 2024 Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (TCEP) discretionary grant awards, including a funding award for Metro's Long Beach-East Los Angeles (LB-ELA) Corridor Zero-Emission Truck (ZET) Project; B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee to: 1. Program $2,000,000 in Measure R Highway Capital Funds, Line 37, Interstate 710 South and/or Early Action Projects, through the LB-ELA Corridor Mobility Investment Plan (CMIP) as a local match to the TCEP funding award for the Forum Mobility's FM Hermanas ZET project in Fiscal Years (FYs) 26 & 27; 2. Program $1,000,000 in Measure R Highway Capital Funds, Line 37, Interstate 710 South and/or Early Action Projects, through the LB-ELA CMIP as a local match to the TCEP funding award for the MN8's Rio Vista ZET project in FY26 & 27; 3. Receive $3,000,000 contribution from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reductio...
• Sponsors: Program Management (Department), Maria Luk
• Indexes: Agreements, Budgeting, California Transportation Commission, Central Los Angeles subregion, Compton, Construction, East Los Angeles, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Grant Aid, I-710, Long Beach, Long Beach-East LA Corridor, Long Beach-East LA Corridor Mobility Investment Plan, Motion / Motion Response, Partnerships, Port of Los Angeles, Program, Project, Rail to Rail/River Active Transportation Corridor Project, Rancho Dominguez, Safety, Trucking, Westside/Central Service Sector, Zero Emissions

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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 17, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: LONG BEACH-EAST LOS ANGELES CORRIDOR ZERO-EMISSION TRUCK PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. RECEIVING AND FILING a status update on the California Transportation Commission's adoption of the 2024 Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (TCEP) discretionary grant awards, including a funding award for Metro's Long Beach-East Los Angeles (LB-ELA) Corridor Zero-Emission Truck (ZET) Project;

B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee to:

1. Program $2,000,000 in Measure R Highway Capital Funds, Line 37, Interstate 710 South and/or Early Action Projects, through the LB-ELA Corridor Mobility Investment Plan (CMIP) as a local match to the TCEP funding award for the Forum Mobility's FM Hermanas ZET project in Fiscal Years (FYs) 26 & 27;

2. Program $1,000,000 in Measure R Highway Capital Funds, Line 37, Interstate 710 South and/or Early Action Projects, through the LB-ELA CMIP as a local match to the TCEP funding award for the MN8's Rio Vista ZET project in FY26 & 27;

3. Receive $3,000,000 contribution from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) towards both projects; and

4. Negotiate and execute all necessary agreements with grantors and third parties to fulfill obligations for the project scopes funded through the 2024 TCEP and MSRC funding awards.

Issue
ISSUE

On June 26, 2025, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) adopted the 2024 TCEP to award funds for 26 projects, including a full funding award in the amount of $13,653,000 for the Metro-submitted LB-ELA Zero-Emission Truck (ZET) Project.

The Board will now need to take actions to secure the TCEP funding allocation from the CTC: (1) program the $2,000,000 in Metro's funding commitment for Forum Mobility's FM Hermanas Project, (2) program the $1,000,000 in Metro's funding commitment for MN8...