Vermont is taking steps to resume a long-planned buildout of electric vehicle chargers along its major highways after federal funding for the project was stripped away — and then, recently, made available again — by President Donald Trump’s administration.

In February, the U.S. Department of Transportation suspended funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, or NEVI, program, which was created under President Joe Biden’s 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law. In Vermont, that meant almost $16 million in funding was thrown into limbo, $9 million of which had already been committed to help build high-speed chargers in 11 communities around the state.

But earlier this month, the Trump administration changed course — albeit, it seems, reluctantly. Transportation Secretary Sean

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