A public-private partnership in far north Fort Worth has been awarded $80 million from the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant program.
Why it matters: The grant will provide regional, state and national real-time tracking of goods and services as they move through the new Smart Port at AllianceTexas.
The partnership involves the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the City of Fort Worth and the City of Haslet and the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG).
The AllianceTexas Smart Port was one of 44 projects chosen nationwide and the lone selection from Texas.
About the project: This $262 million public-private partnership, which includes $96 million of private-sector investment, connects the AllianceTexas Inland Port, one of the nation’s critical supply chain hubs, to the Dallas-Fort Worth regional transportation network and its bigger state and national ecosystems, which include the Texas Connected Freight Corridor (TCFC) and the critical National Highway Freight Network corridors of Interstate 35 and Interstate 45.