LEVERETT — A long-planned effort to bring an electric vehicle charging station to the Leverett Library is being abandoned.

The Select Board Tuesday agreed with a recommendation from Town Administrator Margie McGinnis to no longer seek having a charging station at the Montague Road location, after the state rejected the plans, submitted by a company the town was working with, due to the significant expense.

“I don’t think it’s something to pursue at this point,” McGinnis said.

The Massachusetts Electric Vehicle Incentive Program offers communities up to $50,000 for installing these chargers.

McGinnis said another issue is that Leverett is only eligible to get an intermediate charger, not a fast charger, meaning that its use might be limited. She suggested people with electric cars are more likely to choose to charge at their homes, or the faster chargers on highways.

Select Board member Jed Proujansky said that three to four hours to fully charge is too long. “Who’s going to do that?”

The town is still interested in providing an EV charger. Richard Nathhorst, a member of the Leverett Energy Committee, said that photovoltaic canopies planned at the Highway Department as part of an electrical microgrid are expected to offer charging stations.

In other business, the Select Board: