Washington has resumed a program to build a network of electric vehicle chargers that the Trump administration had withheld funding for earlier this year.

A federal judge in Seattle in June ordered the Trump administration to restore the funding, in response to a lawsuit brought by Washington and other states.

The state Department of Transportation had been awarded $71.2 million in funding prior to the program coming to a halt.

The state had accepted applications to build charging infrastructure along Interstate 90, Highway 97, Highway 22, Highway 195 and Highway 395, but had not made any award decisions because of the funding uncertainty.

On July 8, as a result of the lawsuit, the Federal Highway Administration restored $55.2 million for Washington’s program, according to WSDOT. Earli

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