Processing Your Payment

Please do not leave this page until complete. This can take a few moments.

August 2, 2019

CT using $7.5M from VW emissions-cheating settlement for cleaner transportation

By Matt Pilon

Connecticut is doling out millions of more dollars for clean-transportation projects from a multi-state legal settlement with Volkswagen over the German car-maker’s emissions-cheating scandal.

HBJ File Photo
A Volkswagens dealership in Hartford.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is accepting applications until Sept. 16 for $7.5 million in funds for clean diesel projects, such as replacements for heavy-duty freight trucks, buses and cargo and freight handling vehicles,  as well as engine upgrades for ferries and tug boats.

Government and non-government entities are both eligible for the money, part of an overall pot of nearly $56 million Connecticut received from VW.

The overall intent of the funding is to reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions, which play a key role in producing ozone or smog on hot summer days. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, nearly 30 percent of New England’s NOx emissions in 2011 came from on-road and off-road diesel vehicles.
It will be the second round of funding DEEP distributes from the state’s $55.7 million VW settlement fund. Last November, the agency announced $12.2 million in awards for 10 projects, including three in Greater Hartford. 

The state has committed to allocating 15 percent of its overall VW award to electric vehicle supply equipment, but said applications for those projects would come in a later funding round.

Sign up for Enews

Most Recent

Most Recent

0 Comments

Order a PDF