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Commissioners flag limited CNG/alternative-fuel infrastructure as barrier to vehicle transitions
Summary
During the Clean Fleet presentation, Parker County commissioners said alternative-fuel refueling options in the county are limited (one local station noted), raising concerns about the practicality of switching precinct or heavy equipment to CNG or electric power without shared or new infrastructure.
Commissioners pressed NCTCOG staff on refueling infrastructure in Parker County and raised practical barriers to adopting compressed natural gas (CNG) or electric vehicles for certain precinct fleets. "There's not a ton in Parker County," Nance said of public charging and fueling stations, and commissioners noted the nearest CNG station is roughly eight miles away.
Nance described options including identifying grant programs that include infrastructure funding (with caps that vary by program), sharing private fueling access where possible, or contracting to have fuel delivered. Commissioners flagged that the current limited local infrastructure constrains some precincts’ ability to accept certain technology transitions even when grant dollars are available.
