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Rapid City staff outline I‑90 Corridor climate resilience plan backed by $1 million EPA grant
Summary
Public Works sustainability manager LaSanne Zeller presented an I‑90 Corridor climate resiliency plan funded by a four‑year $1,000,000 EPA planning grant, highlighted a corridor greenhouse gas inventory (3.4 million metric tons CO2e) and recommended pursuing a mid‑range 31% emissions reduction scenario by 2050; council acknowledged the plan.
LaSanne Zeller, sustainability and stewardship program development manager in Rapid City’s Public Works Department, briefed the board on a four‑year, $1,000,000 EPA planning grant and the resulting I‑90 Corridor climate resiliency plan on Nov. 25.
"This was a $1,000,000 planning grant to develop plans for reducing climate pollution or greenhouse gas emissions in our region," Zeller told the board. She said the grant covers the Rapid City Metropolitan Statistical Area and that the project team expanded the greenhouse gas inventory to cover an I‑90 Corridor from Spearfish to Box Elder that includes Whitewood, Sturgis, Piedmont, Somerset, Box…
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