The Arizona Department of Transportation is seeking bids to construct 34 electric vehicle charging stations along state highways.
The stations will mark another development to create a statewide charging network for accessibility for traveling electric vehicles.
While private entities will manage these stations, ADOT will be behind their regulation. ADOT says such stations will be placed no more than 50 miles apart from each other and be within 1 mile of a highway.
Diane Brown is the spokeswoman for the Arizona Public Interest Research Group, an organization that supports the initiative.
“The deployment will provide assurances to individuals traveling for work, families traveling for vacation and tourists that they can go to all parts of our state,” Brown said.
“ADOT will provide the oversight and ensure that they are meeting the specified requirements and that they are operable at all times,” she added.
Brown says these stations will be placed next to amenities for people wanting to eat or use the restroom.
ADOT says proposals for the bids are due in January.
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