By Leo Wolfson
Billions former President Joe Biden’s administration earmarked for electrical vehicles would go toward Wyoming highways and U.S. interstates under legislation U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis proposed on Wednesday.
The Highway Funding Flexibility Act would pull what’s left of a $7.5 billion multiyear federal investment from the electric vehicle charging station mandates that Biden put in place and redirect it toward fixing federally-funded highways, bridges, wildlife crossings and other transportation features in America.
“For far too long, the people of Wyoming were forced to endure Biden’s radical EV mandates that dedicated their hard-earned tax dollars toward Green New Deal initiatives that do not effectively serve the state of Wyoming,” Lummis said in a Wednesday statement. “My legislation frees up these funds to address Wyoming’s actual transportation needs without adding to the national debt, rather than forcing Biden-era EV mandates on the Cowboy State.”