Route 7 has been nominated as a designated Federal Highway Administration EV Corridor. In order to be eligible to apply for EV Corridor Designation, three Level 3 Fast Chargers were required within 5 miles of the route.  Those Chargers are located in Danbury, Darien, and New Milford.  The Federal Highway Administration is establishing a national network of alternative fueling and charging infrastructure along national highway system corridors. 125 nominations were received from state and local officials covering about 165,722 miles of the National Highway System.  That covered 49 states plus Washington D.C. along segments of 134 Interstates and 125 US highways/state roads.