Hunts Point Transport Refrigeration
Unit (TRU) Incentive Funding Program

Secure Funding Up to $37,500 per TRU Replacement

The NYC DOT has relaunched its Hunts Point TRU Incentive Program for tenants and operators located in the Hunts Point Produce Market (HPPM) who use stationary trailers for cold storage, which are not registered as on-road vehicles. The Hunts Point TRU Incentive Program provides generous funding for new all-electric, diesel-electric hybrid, or diesel TRUs that replace existing older units. Every old TRU must be scrapped upon replacement.

Why is the Replacement of Older Model TRUs in the Hunts Point Produce Market a Priority?

The HPPM is home to an estimated 1,000 TRUs that operate around the clock, seven days a week, to keep food fresh and safe for consumption. These older TRUs never leave the HPPM, lack current emissions controls, and are inefficient to operate. These TRUs can be replaced with new, efficient units that benefit the operators and adjacent communities by reducing harmful emissions.

The new program expands on the success of the first Hunts Point TRU Incentive Program (2017 – 2021), which funded 68 TRU replacements and reduced emissions between 89% to 99% for NOx and PM as compared to the older, original equipment. The new Hunts Point TRU Incentive funding program is an opportunity to address the remaining hundreds of older units that continue to operate and create health and environmental challenges for members of the local community, for the workers on the Hunts Point Peninsula, and for the city at large.

• Nitrogen oxides (NOx) react to form smog and acid rain which contribute to respiratory diseases and the formation of ground-level ozone.
• Particulate Matter (PM2.5) has been linked to adverse health effects such as chronic heart and lung diseases.

Find the historical information on this original program here.

*These reductions are annual results in short tons as calculated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Emissions Quantifier Version 8.1.