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Implementation Plan
Business Model There are several business models available to Cork City Council to facilitate the roll out of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in the city and the final operating model employed in Cork City will be informed by ongoing work in this area being carried out by Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland. The current business model in terms of delivering Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure upto 2025 being considered by Cork City Council is a concession type arrangement which would include the following key elements: • Cork City Council in tandem with any stakeholder would obtain any required planning permission for the proposed electric vehicle charging infrastructure stations in Cork. All EV charging stations will be subject to the necessary environmental assessment during development planning in accordance with the land use framework defined in the Cork City Development Plan. • The current strategy includes the delivery of 13 new fast charging stations and 44 normal speed charging stations in the community upto Year 2025; • Cork City Council will manage the design / planning of the proposed electric vehicle charging infrastructure stations including any requirements to upgrade the electrical power network to supply the EV stations. This design work will require external consultants and resources/ funding will need to be sourced to ensure the timely delivery of this infrastructure. Cork City Council are likely to tender a number of concessions (~10 years) to Charge Point Operators for the supply, operation and maintenance of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Cork. The current vision is to create a small number of electric vehicle charging infrastructure bundles to provide competition in the marketplace. The bundles include both fast charging and normal charging infrastructure. Cork City Council will seek to source providers that can carry out the relevant works and services in an environmentally sustainable manner - in accordance with public sector green public procurement requirements. Environmental Mitigation Measures Cork City Council intend on implementing all environmental mitigation measures that have been defined during the SEA process and which have been integrated into the Strategy. The SEA process has identified additional measures clarifying environmental protection related obligations and environmental enhancement opportunities which have been included in the Strategy (Section 4.0). These additional measures will ensure that environmental considerations are appropriately taken into account during the strategy ’s implementation stage minimising the level of negative environmental effects and the maximising the level of positive environmental effects. The following set of additional environmental mitigation measures will be adopted during the implementation stage of the Strategy and Cork City Council are committed to carrying out the SEA Monitoring Programme as defined in the SEA Environmental Report that accompanies the Strategy. • Any developments resulting from the implementation of the Strategy which would be likely to have a significant negative effect on amenity or population and human health in the Strategy area through dust, noise or traffic impacts shall be mitigated in order to eliminate significant negative impacts or reduce them to relevant limit levels.
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