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City staff present I‑90 Corridor climate resiliency plan funded by $1M EPA grant

Legal and Finance Committee, City of Rapid City · November 27, 2025
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Rapid City staff presented the I‑90 Corridor Climate Resiliency Plan — a deliverable to the EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant. The plan expands the scope to the Spearfish‑to‑Box Elder corridor, modeled emissions scenarios, and recommends a modest 31% reduction scenario as a realistic target.

Rapid City staff on Nov. 26 presented the I‑90 Corridor Climate Resiliency Plan, a deliverable under a $1 million U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Climate Pollution Reduction Grant the city received in 2023.

Lizanne Zeller, sustainability and stewardship program development manager in Public Works, said the grant funds planning work across a four‑year grant period and that two earlier deliverables — a greenhouse‑gas inventory and a five‑year priority climate action plan — were submitted in March. "This is a $1,000,000 planning grant…

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