The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources has awarded more than $1 million to Lafayette Consolidated Government to expand the use of compressed natural .
LCG received $749,000 for the construction of a CNG re-fueling station on East University Avenue and $345,000 for the purchase and conversion of 40 new vehicles to CNG.
“The state of has an abudnace of domestically produced natural gas, so it is appropriate that we promote its wider use,” DNR Secretary Bob Harper said in a statement. “These awards are completely consistent with the message Lt. Gov. Scott Angelle has been spreading across America that we are in the Golden Age of natural gas.”
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