With a Friday deadline looming for project nominations for local electric vehicle charging stations, the city of Fairbanks is considering its own options.

Fairbanks Area Surface Transportation (FAST) Planning has about $2.4 million in funds to allocate to charging stations, with successful applicants required to provide a 9.04% match. Project nominations opened in late September.

A combination of federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality and Carbon Reduction Act funding will pay for the projects.

City Engineer Bob Pristash and John O’Brien, the city’s environmental analyst, outlined some of the benefits and challenges of hosting some of the chargers on Tuesday.

O’Brien said the FAST Planning application has two options: contract with a third-party business and provide the land or direc

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