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Rapid City committee hears update on EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant for I‑90 corridor
Summary
City staff and consultants briefed the Legal and Finance Committee on planning work funded by the EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant, showing electricity and transportation as major emission sources, modeling scenarios that incorporate utility decarbonization, and outlining funding and community engagement steps for a multi‑jurisdictional I‑90 corridor plan.
City staff and consultants gave the Legal and Finance Committee an update Sept. 11 on work funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant aimed at planning greenhouse‑gas reductions across an I‑90 corridor that runs from Spearfish to Box Elder, including Rapid City. The presentation summarized emissions by sector, modeled future scenarios and identified potential funding and co‑benefits.
The public‑works sustainability manager, Lisonbee Zeller, introduced consultants from SSG Sustainability Solutions Group, who said the project builds on an earlier priority plan and expands to a comprehensive plan covering the I‑90 corridor to evaluate community‑scale actions…
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