LINCOLN- Nebraska was recently approved for $6 million in federal funding, and the state is planning to use it to build several charging stations along Interstate 80 and two Omaha highways.

Funding for the charging stations is coming from President Biden's infrastructure bill which was passed in November. The state also has the option to apply for more funding, this time from the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program.

The Nebraska Department of Transportation the first installations, which feature four charging stations apiece, will be built along Interstate 80 by Omaha, Kearney, Gothenburg, York, Kimball, Sidney, Big Springs, and along Highways 31 and 6 in the Omaha area.

The charging stations will be publicly accessible. The Federal Highway Administration is seeking to create "alternative fuel corridors" all over the country, and Nebraska is next in line since receiving the new funding.

John Selmer, Director of the Nebraska Department of Transportation, is looking forward to the changes. "These funds will allow us to move forward with plans to make EV charging stations available to Nebraskans across the state," he stated.

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