Ramsey Khalifeh of the Gothamist tells his readers that New York City plans six new waterfront shipping hubs to replace truck freight with barges. He writes:
New York City officials plan to turn six waterfront locations into maritime shipping hubs as a way to handle the booming number of e-commerce deliveries across the five boroughs.
Details of the initiative were published on Friday through a request for proposals by the city Economic Development Corporation. It marks the latest step in Mayor Eric Adams’ “Blue Highways” plan to shift more of the city’s freight off the streets and onto the rivers and harbors. […]
Manhattan Rep. Jerrold Nadler has for decades advocated for the construction of a new freight tunnel between New Jersey and Brooklyn to help solve that problem — but that proposal continues to await federal approval. After being stalled for years, the Port Authority restored work on an environmental study for the plan in 2022.
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