North Carolina Construction News staff writer
North Carolina will receive $5 million to install additional electric vehicle chargers, the U.S. department of transportation announced.
According to a press release, charging stations will be installed at 10 community colleges and locations in underserved Durham areas.
U.S. DOT awarded the City of Durham $4 million for the ‘Empower Durham: Equitable EV Charging in the City of Durham, NC – Community Component’ project to install up to 20 fast-charging plugs at up to five locations.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation will use its $1 million grant to install 20 Level 2 EV charging stations at 10 community colleges throughout the state, which is part of the Providing Opportunities for Workforce Development and Energy Readiness in North Carolina (powerNC) project.
Awards are part of $521 million in grants announced for 29 states, eight Federally Recognized Tribes, and the District of Columbia through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s $2.5 billion Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program.
“As we build out the EV charging network on our highways, we are also investing in local communities, rural, urban and tribal alike,” said U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg. “Today’s grants are a critical part of ensuring every American can find a charger as easily as a gas station, which will decrease pollution from our roadways, lower costs for families, and help people get to where they need to go efficiently.”
This week’s announcement will construction of more than 9,200 EV charging ports, according to U.S. DOT.
