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Regional plan prioritizes NEVI community charging in disadvantaged neighborhoods
Summary
Staff recommended and the technical committee advanced NEVI community-charging priorities focused on disadvantaged communities (Steelton and Harrisburg City) and use cases such as multi-unit dwellings, public parking and destination charging; the committee voted to forward the recommendations to the coordinating committee and to PennDOT for consideration.
Regional planning staff presented a staff-backed set of NEVI (National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure) community-charging priorities and the technical committee voted to forward those priorities to the coordinating committee for submission to PennDOT.
Staff described a combined outreach and GIS analysis used to shape recommendations: a public survey (84 responses) with an interactive map, EV registration data, charger locations, and an overlay of disadvantaged communities. Staff noted the region is estimated to receive between "$3 and $3.7 million" in NEVI community funds and emphasized focusing on gaps in access rather than only on existing high-adoption areas.
Explaining the approach, staff summarized: “community charging is really kind of focused on on local community needs, not necessarily long distance travel, but more everyday needs.” The team prioritized use cases drawn from survey results and GIS analysis: rest-stop locations, multi-unit dwellings, destination charging (parks and event venues), on-street downtown charging, public parking lots and shopping/retail locations; dense residential neighborhoods were added because residents without off-street parking face barriers to EV adoption.
The staff recommendations identified priority communities to fill mapped gaps in access: Steelton and the City of Harrisburg (noted as disadvantaged communities), along with downtowns such as Rutherford, Middletown Road corridor and other centers that had survey points outside a one-mile buffer of existing chargers.
Committee members voted to forward the recommendations for formal inclusion in the regional NEVI submission and to route the package to PennDOT. Staff will provide the full mapping and survey data to support the coordinating committee submittal.
Next steps: staff will finalize the package and submit the priority communities and use cases to the coordinating committee for formal recommendation to PennDOT for NEVI community-charging funds.
