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Forward Plan Ref: 2016/141

Contact: David Tole, Traffic Safety & Area Steward Manager Tel: (01865) 815942/07920 084148

Report by Director for Infrastructure Delivery (CMDE4).

Go Ultra Low Oxford is a government funded project run by the County and City Councils to trial electric car charging technologies on streets where off-street parking is unavailable. By 2027 more people could be buying electric cars than petrol or diesel; this project will help communities prepare for this future.

The report presents responses received in the course of a statutory consultation on the introduction of parking bays for use by Ultra Low Electric Vehicles (ULEV) whilst being connected to roadside charging points.

The Cabinet Member for the Environment is RECOMMENDED to:-

(a)         welcome the initiative to introduce on-street charging points for Ultra Low Electric Vehicles and associated parking places;

(b)         approve the proposals as advertised in Vicarage Close;

(c)          not approve the advertised proposal for Bainton Road and to request officers to consider an alternative location

Approved

Approved

Approved

Go Ultra Low Oxford is a government funded project run by the County and City Councils to trial electric car charging technologies on streets where off-street parking is unavailable. The project is seeking to install chargers on streets as close as possible to where trial volunteers live and where there is a readily-available electricity supply. That ensures that ULEVs can access these charging points.

The proposal is to create 15 new ‘electric car charging bays’ which  will be open to anyone during the day to use for charging an electric car for up to 3 hours. For those bays that are in CPZs there would be a requirement for vehicles parked overnight to display a Permit for the Zone and at all times a vehicle using a charging bay will have to be plugged in to the charging point.

In considering (CMDE4) the responses received in the course of a statutory consultation on the introduction of the scheme the Cabinet Member for Environment welcomed the proposal which he saw as a worthwhile scheme and if successful would present an opportunity to extend the provision of more sustainable transport options. Therefore having regard to the arguments and options set out in the report before him he confirmed his decision as follows to:

(a)             welcome the initiative to introduce on-street charging points for Ultra Low Electric Vehicles and associated parking places;

(b)             approve the proposals as advertised in Vicarage Close;

(c)              not approve the advertised proposal for Bainton Road and request officers to consider an alternative location

Signed ………………………………….

Cabinet Member for Environment

Date of signing…………………………