Local and county government, community and business leaders have cut the ribbon for the Town of Gardiner’s new electric vehicle (EV) charging station, installed in the library parking lot adjacent to the Wallkill Valley rail-trail.
The transportation sector accounts for the largest share of New York’s greenhouse gas emissions, the main cause of climate change. The towns are receiving funding through the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation’s Municipal Zero-emission Vehicle (ZEV) Rebate and Infrastructure Grant program, which continues to offer grants to municipalities for EV infrastructure as well as for municipal electric vehicles.
“I am thrilled to see this project come to fruition, and I encourage other towns and villages in our region to take advantage of this grant program and install public EV chargers in their communities,” said state senator Jennifer Metzger, who drives a fully electric Chevy Bolt. “It makes good climate sense and it makes good economic sense, because EV drivers will choose towns to visit and vacation that have the necessary infrastructure.”
Gardiner’s charging station will be free to the public for the first two years, thanks to sponsorship of the electricity by local businesses, including SkyDive the Ranch, Gardiner Liquid Mercantile, Majestic’s Hardware and Cafe Mio.
Supervisor Marybeth Majestic said, “Although it was over two years in the making, it was well worth the wait.”
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