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Due to state budget reductions, the Department of Commerce will be closed on Friday August 6 and employees will be on temporary layoff status. Regular business hours will resume at all Commerce offices on Monday August 9, 2010.

WA plans America’s first “electric highway”

A $1.32 million Recovery Act grant helps launch a network of charging locations for electric vehicle drivers on Interstate 5.

Commerce and WSDOT are teaming up to implement the nation’s first “electric highway.” The first charging sites will be placed along I-5 north of Everett and south of Centralia. Additional charging infrastructure will be added along I-90 reaching central Washington. Soon, electric vehicle drivers will be able to travel the length of the state, along the 276 miles of I-5 between Washington’s borders with Oregon and Canada.

“Washington state is a leader in creating green jobs, adopting new clean technologies and we are poised to do it again with electric vehicles,” said Gregoire. Read more in the press release or visit the Electric Highway project website. See what USA TODAY and our local television news had to say.

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