ARC is committed to educate, communicate, prepare, and advise our community partners about the infrastructure law and help maximize the opportunities to bring IIJA investments to their communities. We must work together to seize this historic opportunity to invest in the Atlanta region and improve quality of life for all residents.
On January 11, ARC received notice that it was one of 47 recipients nationwide under the first round of CFI program. The approved concept involves partnering with one or more private sector companies to expand the availability of Level 2 chargers throughout the region, with an emphasis on ensuring an equitable distribution that includes traditionally underserved communities. Although the specific parameters will be defined in a future Request for Proposals (RFP), chargers must be free to use and be located where people already routinely go, such as grocery stores, pharmacies, shopping centers and other destinations. Specific locations will be identified through an outreach process to be undertaken once a private sector partner has been selected. The goal is install chargers at up to 100 locations, with enough ports at each location to accommodate up to four vehicles at a time.
Interested vendors and community representatives who wish to remain informed as the contracting and implementation processes move forward can sign up to be added to a separate quarterly newsletter. ARC expects the first newsletter to be prepared this summer.
The 2021 Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act significantly increases funding for transportation projects while also expanding the definition of infrastructure to provide funding opportunities in areas such as water, energy, and broadband. Much of the funding will be distributed through competitive programs that give priority to collaborative applications that cross city or county lines and provide regional solutions.
The infrastructure law is a game-changer for the Atlanta region. With IIJA funding, it is anticipated that many projects will be able to get off the ground much sooner than expected.
IIJA law increases funding for formula programs that allocate dollars to states and local governments based on certain factors, such as population, that vary based on the program. Annual formula funding in Georgia is set to increase by about $400 million, for a total of more than $1.75 billion.
The law also funds competitive, discretionary programs, some of them brand new, that will require metro Atlanta communities and jurisdictions to collaborate in order to be highly competitive against other jurisdictions across the country.
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