Decision Maker: Executive Member for Highways & Transportation, both road and rail. bus services and engagement with Transport for the North
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
To authorise the Corporate Director -
Strategic Resources to accept £2m grant funding to deliver
LEVI
The County Council accepts the grant monies
and delegates authority to the Corporate Director - Strategic
Resources to accept £2m Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
grant funding from the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles.
Delivery of the proposed EV Chargepoints will
help to address issues of social isolation, poor digital
connectivity and climate change in our rural communities, In all
cases, the schemes being developed should enhance, people’s
ability to access travel options and opportunities. This includes
people with reduced mobility. The charging infrastructure will
enable us to begin to deliver EVCPs to help us meet our target in
line with local and central government ambitions to decarbonise the
county and our country.
The decision is NOT open to call in due to short timescale for
confirmation to the DfT.
Other proposals included EVCPs that would
solve the issues of on street parking in urban areas, however,
urban areas are more attractive to the private sector and are
therefore likely to attract funding, whereas rural areas are more
challenging and expensive to deliver therefore much less
commercially attractive. It is felt the selected option was best
value.
Publication date: 27/10/2022
Date of decision: 26/10/2022