Funds are part of the state’s $4.2 billion Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act approved by voters in 2022. The bond set aside $500 million to help districts transition to zero-emission buses
All 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico will use the funds to build EV charging stations every 50 miles along highways in the designated Alternative Fuel Corridors and within 1 mile of those highways.
Kentucky has announced the first round of awards granted to six private developers to design, build and manage 16 public electric vehicle charging stations along 11 interstates and parkways designated as Alternative Fuel Corridors.
States and local governments have until Nov. 13, 2023, to apply for $100 million in federal funding for projects to repair and replace non-operational electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.