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CalSTA asks Legislature to make freight policy team permanent to oversee $1.2 billion in port and freight investments
Summary
California State Transportation Agency asked the Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 5 to approve $603,000 in ongoing funding to convert three limited‑term positions to permanent for a CalSTA freight policy team that coordinates oversight of roughly $1.2 billion in port and freight infrastructure awards and ongoing supply‑chain projects.
CalSTA requested ongoing funding to convert three limited‑term positions to permanent for an agency‑level freight policy team charged with oversight and coordination of statewide freight policy and major port and freight infrastructure investments.
The request, presented by Christine Casey, deputy secretary for freight policy at the California State Transportation Agency, seeks $603,000 in ongoing funds. Casey told the subcommittee the freight team oversees roughly $1,200,000,000 in investments awarded through the Port and Freight Infrastructure Program and that the scale, complexity and multi‑year nature of those capital projects will require agency oversight through at least 2028.
“The CalSTA freight policy team is a long‑term necessity, not just a temporary program,” Casey said,…
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