The Georgia Department of Transportation will partner with real estate giant JLL on a plan to expand electric vehicle charging stations across the state and obtain federal funding to help do it.
The plan will help GDOT apply for funds from a $5 billion electric vehicle infrastructure grant program established in the 2021 federal bipartisan infrastructure law, according to a news release this week. The initiative came alongside an additional $2.5 billion grant program designed to fund charging installations in rural areas, lower-income areas and communities with a low ratio of private parking spaces, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.