More electric car charging points could be coming to the Scarborough Borough if the Borough Council is successful in a bid for government funding.
The council has applied to the On-Street Residential Charge Point Scheme for funds to install charging bays in a number of council car parks.
Harry Baross is the council's Climate Change Programme Manager, he says the council has submitted a bid to get cash to install 102 EV charging bays.
The On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) offers funding opportunities towards the cost of procuring and installing charge points in council car parks, provided they are accessible around the clock.
The purpose of the scheme is to increase the availability of on-street chargepoints in residential streets where off-street parking is not available, thereby ensuring that on-street parking is not a barrier to realising the benefits of owning an EV.
The scheme gives local authorities access to grant funding that can be used to part-fund the procurement and installation of on-street EV chargepoint infrastructure for residential needs.
The scheme is being looked at as a way of dealing with low take up of electric vehicles in the borough, partly because many terraced homeowners find it difficult to install charging points outside their homes.
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Meanwhile North Yorkshire County Council says it will be making a further £2m bid for North Yorkshire to be included in a Government pilot to provide electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
The Government has launched a £10m pilot fund and invited competitive bids to test the design of its £400m Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund.
North Yorkshire County Council’s bid would see 70 chargers installed in rural areas around the county, with two sites in each of the seven districts and selected sites being areas lacking off-street parking or having high grid connection costs. Some of the sites are also popular tourist locations.
The charging points would be powered by renewable energy, including small-scale hydroelectric generators and solar panels linked to battery storage. This would reduce the need for costly grid upgrades by supplying power locally through a predictable, renewable and continuous supply. The £2m would enable the council to address the challenge of poor connectivity and the resulting lack of opportunities for communities in rural areas of North Yorkshire.
District and borough councils and the two national parks support the bid. The county council would also work with NYnet and Northern Powergrid and would seek private sector involvement.
The executive member for highways and transportation, Cllr Keane Duncan, said:
“We are committed to increasing the options for sustainable, environmentally friendly transport across North Yorkshire and will look to take advantage of any funding opportunities that arise. We have embraced this opportunity to bring forward the strongest possible proposal within the tight 12-week deadline to benefit rural parts of our county.
“This is a competitive process across the whole of England for a relatively small pilot funding pot, so success is not guaranteed, but this bid is another clear signal of our ambition to improve transport options for people across our large, rural county.”
The County Council bid must be submitted to the Government by the end of this week.
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