Monday, March 30, 2015

Port of Seattle project promotes cleaner burning trucks









Since May 2014, the Port of Seattle’s Seaport Truck Scrappage and Replacement program, also known as ScRAPS 2, has taken 100 older model big rig trucks off the roads and put drivers into newer, safer, and cleaner burning tractor-trailers.

The program’s goal is to clean up the air around the port and its surrounding neighborhoods, where thousands of trucks pass each day.

"We are reducing air pollutants by 90 percent," says port commissioner Bill Bryant. "That's huge."

Starting in 2018, truck drivers in and out of the Port of Seattle will be required to drive a 2007 or newer model vehicle.

The ScRAPS 2 program assists drivers by offering up to $30,000 toward the purchase of a replacement truck. Newer vehicles burn, on average, 35 times cleaner than pre-2007 trucks, according to ScRAPS officials.

For more of the KOMO News story: www.komonews.com


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