FDOT electric truck chargers: $24.7 million project planned for I-4

The Hillsborough Transportation Planning Organization approved a plan Wednesday allowing state officials to build six electric semi-truck charging stations along Interstate 4.Hillsborough electric truck chargersThe Hillsborough Transportation Planning Organization voted Wednesday to update its transportation improvement plan, paving the way for six electric commercial truck chargers at a new truck parking facility on County Line Road off I-4.Funding comes from a $24.7 million federal grant, according to transportation officials. Tampa city councilmember Alan Clendenin, of District 1, said the corridor serves as a critical shipping link connecting areas like Port Tampa to destinations across the state and nation."I know we have some of the facilities like the port and other areas, but it's very important that those infrastructure nodes, those charging nodes are set up so that trucks can move longer distances from our port," said Clendenin, who is a board member of the Hillsborough Trans