The massive $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure bill passed by Congress and signed into law this month by President Joe Biden included billions for West Virginia projects, including funding for cutting-edge transportation initiatives fueled by emerging technologies.
Marshall University’s Appalachian Transportation Institute, RCBI and others will compete for infrastructure monies to help bring the emerging technologies to West Virginia.
An important project to West Virginia is the Virgin Hyperloop Certification Center announced in October 2020 by Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group; state native John Chambers; and former U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. The $500 million testing center is to be built on 800 acres in Grant and Tucker counties.
Marshall, West Virginia University and others have submitted a grant that will help advance the state as the place where advanced transportation opportunities have a home. This project provides learning and workforce opportunities for West Virginians, as well as students enrolled at Marshall and WVU.
The infrastructure bill also includes funding for emerging “green” technologies known as eVTOL, electric-powered vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles that ferry people and cargo up to 250 miles on a single charge.
RCBI and a statewide coalition, including many private business partners, have applied for Phase I Build Back Better grant funding to continue to build upon West Virginia’s rich history of aviation and aerospace manufacturing as well develop the new workforce needed to propel the eVTOL industry in the Mountain State.
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