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Additional electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure in Town Centre car parks
Meeting: 01/09/2020 - Cabinet (Item 272)
272 Additional electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure in Town Centre car parks PDF 425 KB
Decision:
1. To allocate up to £35,000 for the purchase and installation of new EV charge points in Priory Street and Carlisle Underground car parks from the renewable energy capital budget within the capital programme. This is in addition to £15,000 funding, provisionally approved by the Town Board, as part of its Accelerated Fund proposal to the government.
2. That delegated authority be given to the Assistant Director of Environment and Place, in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer and the Lead Councillor for Natural Environment and Leisure, to appoint and instruct contractors to install new EV charge points by 31st March 2021.
Minutes:
The Assistant Director, Environment and Place, presented a report to set out the case for installing new electric vehicle (EV) charge points for Priory Street and Carlisle underground car parks.
The report requests approval for funding of up to £35,000 from the Renewable Energy Capital Programme. This is in addition to the £15,000 funding requested from the Town Board Accelerator Fund programme.
The Accelerator Fund application has been provisionally approved by the Town Board EDG.
In early March 2020 the Charity Committee allocated funding to replace the single EV unit at Pelham with 3 new EV charge points. The council, using its own funds, also agreed to replace the faulty EV unit at Marina Car Park with another 3 new units. There is also a newly installed ‘private’ charger at Morrisons Supermarket.
In proposing approval of the recommendations Councillor Evans urged East Sussex County Council to take advantage of central government funding to invest in on-street charging infrastructure in Hastings.
Councillor Evans proposed approval of the recommendations, seconded by Councillor Rogers.
RESOLVED (unanimously):
1. To allocate up to £35,000 for the purchase and installation of new EV charge points in Priory Street and Carlisle Underground car parks from the renewable energy capital budget within the capital programme. This is in addition to £15,000 funding, provisionally approved by the Town Board, as part of its Accelerated Fund proposal to the government.
2. That delegated authority be given to the Assistant Director of Environment and Place, in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer and the Lead Councillor for Natural Environment and Leisure, to appoint and instruct contractors to install new EV charge points by 31st March 2021.
Reasons for the decision:
1. The investment in and expansion of Electric Vehicle (EV) infrastructure, has been highlighted as an important element of the draft economic recovery plans for the borough and county.
2. Currently, the town centre area has only three publicly accessible EV charging points, one at Pelham Place car park; and two at Morrisons super market.
3. The Council has committed to installing 15 public charging points by the end of this financial year, in support of delivering its climate emergency commitments to make Hastings carbon neutral by 2030. This investment will support and enable residents, businesses and visitors to travel to the town centre, with the knowledge and confidence that they will be able to charge their electric vehicle. Such investment will support the transition to low carbon vehicles and help to meet the towns climate emergency action plan and improve local air quality.
(The Chair declared the meeting closed at 6.25pm)
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