SCAG Nominates 13 Projects, Totaling Over $323 Million, for Trade Corridor Enhancement Program Funding

On Nov. 7, the SCAG Regional Council approved project nominations for Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (TCEP) funding. As the region’s metropolitan planning organization, SCAG is tasked with submitting project nominations from regional agencies to the California Transportation Commission.  

SCAG received 15 project nominations for the SCAG region, with a total TCEP funding request for this cycle of more than $477 million. Out of the total of 15, two project nominations are led by Caltrans, and six are in partnership with Caltrans, with a TCEP state funding request of over $154 million. The total TCEP regional funding request is over $323.7 million. The 2024 TCEP will provide two years of programming in fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 for an estimated total of $1.071 billion, as provided by the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.  

By nominating these projects, SCAG confirms their consistency with the adopted Connect SoCal 2024 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy and the adopted regional freight plan. In addition, SCAG will provide individual consistency letters to include in the applications as part of the new process for 2024 TCEP to confirm that the proposed nomination is included in the current approved Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy.  

The TCEP funds freight infrastructure improvements on federally designated Trade Corridors of National and Regional Significance, on California’s portion of the National Highway Freight Network, as identified in the California Freight Mobility Plan, and along other corridors that have a high volume of freight movement as determined by the California Transportation Commission. For more information on the TCEP and SCAG’s project nominations, read the staff report from the November Regional Council meeting.