Buckinghamshire is set to receive 128 new electric vehicle charging points by next spring, half of which will be publicly accessible, following extra funding from central government.
Buckinghamshire Council was recently successful in its largest ever single funding bid for money to increase the number of electric vehicle (EV) charging points in Buckinghamshire.
The council secured £407k from the Government’s Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) and will now be able to install 128 new EV parking bays, including in 16 council-managed car parks, with work to be completed by April 2023.
The EV charging points will be provided by BP Pulse, who have provided match funding of £261k. Buckinghamshire Council has also contributed £10k from their Capital Funding Programme.
Steven Broadbent, Cabinet Member for Transport, said:
"It's fantastic news that we've been successful in our funding bid, and the new charging bays will help us reach our target of 1,000 publicly-accessible EV charging spaces in Buckinghamshire by 2027.
"It's also another example of the extent of the work we're doing to tackle climate change here in Buckinghamshire – and is timely good news after COP27 brought into sharp focus again the global climate challenges we all face."
There are currently 210 publicly-accessible EV charge points in Buckinghamshire.
The 64 new publicly accessible EV charge points will be in the following car parks:
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