City installs electric vehicle charging stations at parks

Several City of Morganton parks have recently become home to electric vehicle charging stations.

As the United States leads to become more energy efficient, the amount of electric vehicles have increased across the country.

The city has installed two EV Level 2 (slow charging) charging stations that are currently active and one DC fast charging station. One located at Catawba Meadows across from the playground area and the second located at the Soccer Complex. The fast charging station is located at Martha’s Park. The funding for this project came in the form of a grant from the NC Volkswagen Settlement that was administrated by the state. In the future, the City will install one more DC fast charging stations at another location.

Special Projects Manager, Rob Winkler said, “The City wants to provide these charging stations for residents and visitors. These locations are visited frequently by the community and will be a great place to utilize them.”

City Manager Sally Sandy said, “This is an investment that we foresee will be a growing need in our community. We want to make Morganton a place where many can come to stay and visit and having these electric vehicle charging stations will help make that happen.”