HARRISBURG — On Friday, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn joined Bureau of State Parks officials in dedicating an electric car charging station at Prince Gallitzin State Park.
The event at the Cambria County park signaled the department’s future commitment to similar installations at more than 40 state parks and forests throughout the state to help reduce greenhouse gases, lessens smog, and improve air quality statewide.
“Our state parks and forests will emerge as key to helping increase the network of publicly available charging stations in the Pennsylvania,” Dunn said. “We know thousands of state residents own electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles. We also know many parks and forest destinations are in remote locations, and the ability to travel to and from them in electric vehicles has been limited by charging availability.
“With DCNR’s plans to install 40 new charging stations across our system, visitors will be able to re-energize both themselves, and their batteries during their visits.”
The charging station at Prince Gallitzin is the second to be installed in the state parks system. Another was installed at Kinzua Bridge, McKean County, a focal point of the Pennsylvania Wilds.
Installation of other charging stations, capable of fully charging vehicles in 2.5 to 7 hours, is expected by 2020. A station is planned for the Elk Country Visitor Center.
