The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday agreed to postpone the collection of a cargo fee that’s supposed to generate $1.4 billion for bridge, railway and road improvements around the Port of Los Angeles. The infrastructure fee was adopted by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in January 2008, but was never collected because of the national recession and the fact that no specific construction projects were ever approved. … The City Council’s action follows an earlier move by the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners to delay the fee collection yet again until July 1, 2010, and examine whether to charge a different amount.
