Noise Action Plan 2018-2023 Cork Agglomeration Area Cork City Council and Cork County Council jointly prepared a Noise Action Plan for Cork city in accordance with EU directive 2002/49/ EC and the Envornmental Noise Regulations 2006 (SI No. 140 of 2006). The purpose of the Noise Action Plan is to act as a means of managing environmental noise, and to meet the aim of the EU Directive of preventing, and reducing environmental noise through the adoption of the action plan. The Noise Action Plan identified road traffic noise as the predominant noise source within the Cork Agglomeration Area and noted that the introduction of electric vehicles for both private and public transport vehicles have the potential to positively impact on noise levels in the city.
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy Introduction This strategy is the framework for the delivery of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in Ireland supporting the delivery of the Climate Action Plan ambition of approximately one million Electric Vehicles on Irish roads by 2030. A core goal of the strategy is to ensure that EV charging infrastructure provision remains ahead of demand. It considers the different charging needs of urban and rural communities and the increasing uptake of homecharging solutions for EV owners, as well as an increased demand for a public charging network. The Strategy recognises the difficulty in predicting the specific details about the charge point types and interfaces that will be available by the end of this decade and the strategies detail focuses on the years up to 2025. At this stage in 2025, the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy will be reviewed and refined to reflect on lessons learned.
The Strategy acknowledges that the majority of EV charging will be carried out at home however there is a growing need to expand the provision of publicly accessible charging infrastructure. The 5 primary types of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure are: o Home Charging (private) o Residential Neighbourhood charging (public) o Destination Charging (public) o En-route Charging (public) o Workplace Charging (private) The focus of Cork City Council’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy will be on the residential neighbourhood and destination charge points and will liaise with both ZEVI and Transportation Infrastructure Ireland with respect to the En-route Charging Hubs.
Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy - Publicly Accessible Charging Infrastructure
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