Greater Cincinnati will see 43 new stations for electric vehicle charging, with approval of $11.1 million in federal funding.
The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (known as OKI) said Wednesday it would agree to rewards from its Carbon Reduction Program, funded by the Biden administration’s 2021 infrastructure bill.
Sixteen recipients – most of them local communities – will share the money to build the 43 stations.
Four communities will receive more than $1 million each. Three plan to build four stations each: Hamilton with $1.6 million, Middletown with $1.5 million and Anderson Township with $1.2 million.
The fourth, Miami University, will receive $1 million for a station at the airport.
With this year’s awards, OKI will have awarded $16.8 million in federal dollars for EV charging stations. It gave six applicants $2.5 million in 2023 and eight others $3.2 million earlier this year.
The eight-county OKI region has 160 so-called level two charging stations (which fully charge a battery overnight) and 14 fast-charging stations, the organization said. This does not apply to stations at hotels, car dealerships and other places that are only available to their customers.
Here is the full list of sites and prices:
• Anderson Twp: RecPlex, Bauer Preserve, Ohio River Trailhead, Five Mile Trailhead – $1,199,305. • Blue Ash: Madtree Parks and Rec at Summit Park – $87,658. • Cincinnati: East Price Hill, Hartwell, Madisonville NBDs – $998,238. • Cincinnati ( LPA for 3CDC): 8th & Sycamore, Court & Walnut, Whex and Ziegler Park Garages – $895,972. • Fairfield: Fairfield Community Arts Center, Fairfield Justice Center, Waterworks Park – $443,971. • Hamilton: Hamilton Justice Center, Kettering Hospital, Miami University (Hamilton) Potters Golf Course – $1,597,068. • Harrison: Harrison Community Center – $186,300. • Middletown: Middletown City Building, Jacot Park, Smith Park, downtown – $1,492,405. • Oxford: Oxford Municipal Building, Oxford Uptown Surface Lot – $905,489. • Springdale: Springdale Municipal/Springdale Elementary Campus, Springdale Parks & Rec – $480,325. • Hamilton County (LPA for CHPL): North Central, Anderson, Harrison, Sharonville and Walnut Hills Libraries – $454,582. • MetroParks of Butler County: Rentshler Forest , Athletic Fieldhouse – $95,419.• Miami University: OXD Airport – $1,000,000.• Union Township: EPOP, Township Civic Center – $947,540.• New Richmond: Willow Street, Western Avenue – $133,445.• West Chester Township: Community Development Building, Administration Building – $211,370.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: New EV charging stations coming to Greater Cincinnati
