The City of Lincoln has received a $640,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help install 20 electric vehicle charging ports in areas that benefit low and moderate-income residents.
“By expanding public charging infrastructure, the City will remove barriers to EV ownership and ensure the benefits of clean transportation are accessible to all residents, while helping the City achieve its Climate Action Plan goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050,” says Kim Morrow, Lincoln Chief Sustainability Officer.
Morrow says the goal of the EV Charging Project is to provide charging access to 1,650 multifamily housing units within a 10-minute walk of the charging sites. The chargers will be installed in five locations which collectively have a population of more than 23,000 residents. These tracts have a racial and ethnic minority population of 31.5% and a poverty rate of 24%.
Each of the five sites will feature two charging stations, with two ports per station, for a total of 10 charging stations with 20 ports. The proposed sites include Seng Park, Van Dorn Park, Eiseley Branch Library, Malone Center and the planned Multimodal Transportation Center at 10th and “G” streets.
In addition to the $640,ooo from the DOT the City of Lincoln is contributing $160,000 to the project. For more information click here.