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Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$283,375,812

Department of Transportation·Maritime Administration

to CITY OF LONG BEACH

WORK BEGAN2026-06-02·LATEST ACTION2026-06-03·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_693JF72440006_069
Award description

AWARD PURPOSE THE PROJECT WILL COMPLETE THE PIER B ONDOCK RAIL SUPPORT FACILITY PROGRAM BY COMPLETING THE NORTH RAIL YARD EXPANSION AND THE SOUTH RAIL YARD EXPANSION. THE NORTH RAIL YARD EXPANSION WILL CONSTRUCT TWO NEW MAINLINE TRACKS FIVE NEW APPROXIMATELY 10000 FOOT RECEIVING AND DEPARTURE TRACKS EXTENDING FROM WEST OF THE DOMINGUEZ CHANNEL TO THE PICO AVENUE RAIL CORRIDOR AND 28 NEW STORAGE TRACKS NORTH OF THE EXISTING PIER B YARD. IT ALSO INCLUDES ACTIVE AT GRADE WARNING DEVICES AND RAILROAD PREEMPTION WITH A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT PIER B STREET. THE SOUTH RAIL YARD EXPANSION WILL ADD SEVEN NEW APPROXIMATELY 3000 FOOT STORAGE TRACKS LENGTHEN AND REHABILITATE SEVEN EXISTING APPROXIMATELY 3000 FOOT STORAGE TRACKS CONSTRUCT TWO NEW TRACKS IN THE PICO AVENUE RAIL CORRIDOR RECONFIGURE TRACKS NEAR PIER D STREET AND CONSTRUCT A NEW COMPRESSED AIR FACILITY. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED ELEMENT 1 CONSTRUCTION PHASE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING A AND E. ENGINEERING DURING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT DURING BID AND AWARD CONSTRUCTION AND CLOSEOUT. ELEMENT CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCT TWO NEW MAINLINE TRACKS FIVE NEW APPROXIMATELY 10000 FOOT RECEIVING AND DEPARTURE TRACKS EXTENDING FROM WEST OF THE DOMINGUEZ CHANNEL TO THE PICO AVENUE RAIL CORRIDOR 28 NEW STORAGE TRACKS NORTH OF THE EXISTING PIER B YARD CONSTRUCT THE ROADWAY KNUCKLE AT HARBOR AVENUE AND 11TH STREET RECONSTRUCTED EXISTING PIER B RAIL YARD BY ADDING SEVEN NEW APPROXIMATELY 3000 FOOT STORAGE TRACKS AND LENGTHEN AND REHABILITATE SEVEN EXISTING APPROXIMATELY 3000 FOOT STORAGE TRACKS CONSTRUCT TWO NEW TRACKS IN THE PICO AVENUE RAIL CORRIDOR RECONFIGURE MEAD YARD LADDER AND LEAD TRACK ACROSS ANAHEIM WAY AND ADD ACTIVE AT GRADE WARNING DEVICES AND RAILROAD PRE EMPTION WITH A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT PIER B STREET RECONFIGURE TRACKS NEAR PIER D STREET AND CONSTRUCT A NEW COMPRESSED AIR FACILITY WITH ASSOCIATED PIPING WITHIN THE RAIL YARD. APPROXIMATE TOTAL PROJECT QUANTITIES INCLUDE 175000 FEET OF NEW TRACK 150 NEW ITEMS OF SPECIAL TRACK WORK AND 150REMOTELY CONTROLLED POWER SWITCH OPERATORS. DELIVERABLES EXPECTED OUTCOMES FROM PAGE 10 SCHEDULE G OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT INTENDED BENEFICIARY CITY OF LONG BEACH. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES NONE. MEASURE FREIGHT MOVEMENTS. PROJECTED OUTCOME AN INCREASE IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONTAINERS MOVED BY ON DOCK RAIL. CATEGORY AND DESCRIPTION ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS A TABLE THAT SHOWS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONTAINERS AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONTAINERS MOVED BY ON DOCK RAIL IN THE STUDY AREA. MEASUREMENT FREQUENCY ANNUAL. MEASURE GROSS TONS. PROJECTED OUTCOME AN INCREASE IN CARGO TONNAGE MOVED THROUGH MARINE TERMINALS. CATEGORY AND DESCRIPTION ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF GROSS SHORT TONS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE STUDY ARE. MEASUREMENT FREQUENCY ANNUAL.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Expand rail yard capacity at Long Beach Port with new mainline and storage tracks, improving container handling efficiency through 2033.

Sub-sectors
port-infrastructurerail-yard-expansionmaritime-logistics
Why this matters

Long Beach Port is the second-largest U.S. container port; rail expansion reduces truck congestion and strengthens West Coast supply-chain resilience.

Supply-chain signal

Increased rail throughput at Long Beach will reduce dwell times for containers, benefiting trucking, warehousing, and inland distribution networks dependent on port efficiency.

U.S.–China competition angle

Enhanced port rail infrastructure strengthens U.S. container-handling capacity against Chinese port competition and supports domestic supply-chain independence.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-04. Cost: $0.003506.

Period of performance
Start
2026-06-02
End
2033-12-19
Status
activein 2749 days
Sources

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