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Electric Vehicle Chargers for Residents without Off-street Parking
Meeting: 09/11/2022 - Cabinet (Item 81)
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Lead member: Portfolio Holder for Climate Change, Environment and Transport
Contact: Mark Barrow, Executive Director – Place
Decision:
RESOLVED:
· To agree the use of £0.6m of match funding from Council budgets for a contract to install an additional 270 electric vehicle charge points in 40 locations across Shropshire.
· To note the receipt of £0.903 million in grant from the Government’s On-street Residential Charge-point Scheme.
· To authorise the entering into of an installation contract between the Council and Connected Kerb, the basic terms of which are set out in this report.
Minutes:
The Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Climate Change, Environment and Transport introduced the report which, following Shropshire Council receiving one of the largest grant awards from the Government’s On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) 2022-23, sought authority from Cabinet to enter into the contract for the installation work as a matter of urgency. If approved, this would result in an additional 270 electric vehicle charge points being installed in 40 locations across Shropshire, bringing the total to 320 EV chargers across the county.
Thanks were given to Jason Hughes and Adrian Cooper for securing the grant.
It was confirmed that the choice of locations for the charging points was data driven.
It was questioned as to whether charging points would be considered for park and ride sites. Members were reminded that this report focussed on charging points for residents without off-street parking but that this was an ambition in the future for installing points in all car parks and park and ride facilities.
RESOLVED:
· To agree the use of £0.6m of match funding from Council budgets for a contract to install an additional 270 electric vehicle charge points in 40 locations across Shropshire.
· To note the receipt of £0.903 million in grant from the Government’s On-street Residential Charge-point Scheme.
· To authorise the entering into of an installation contract between the Council and Connected Kerb, the basic terms of which are set out in this report.