Drayage vehicles part of $300,000 sustainable transportation project funded in part by Indiana DieselWise grant funds
GARY — City and state officials gathered at Jack Gray Transport, Inc. on Monday as the company unveiled its six new clean diesel-powered drayage trucks.
“Implementing sustainable transportation practices is helping to transform our nearly 70-year-old company into a more modern, state-of-the-art operation,” Garza said. “We are thankful for our partners in this project and look forward to continuing to change the face of the trucking industry in Northwest Indiana.”
The vehicle purchases were made possible in part by a DieselWise Indiana 2017 grant from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management in cooperation with South Shore Clean Cities.
“We are proud of the work of our member Jack Gray Transport, Inc. in moving toward cleaner fuels and vehicles,” South Shore Clean Cities Communications Director Lauri Keagle said. “The switch to sustainable transportation options helps reduce our nation’s dependence on imported oil, reduces harmful emissions, supports local jobs, improves air quality and enhances quality of life for those who live, work and play in Gary. We applaud their efforts.”
Replacing the diesel-fueled trucks with clean diesel will keep an estimated 20,000 gallons of diesel fuel – roughly 2.5 tanker trucks full -- from being used each year, thereby eliminating the harmful emissions they produce while operating in Lake County, which is designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as being a nonattainment area for ozone emissions as regulated by the Clean Air Act. The new clean diesel vehicles will reduce nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide, both of which are ozone precursors, by 98 percent.
The move to clean diesel reduces greenhouse gas emissions equal to removing 38 passenger vehicles from the roads for one year.
