CLIENT:
Cork City Council
PROJECT NAME: REPORT TITLE:
Cork City Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy
SEA Environmental Report
• Which alternative gives rise to the least potential adverse environmental effects.
6.3 Approach to Developing Reasonable Alternatives A range of alternatives to the Strategy were considered during the Strategy development process. The approach for identifying reasonable alternatives to the Strategy is defined below: 1. Iterative communication was held between the Strategy development and environmental assessment teams to identify the various alternative approaches and options being considered to achieve the vision of the Strategy - the delivery of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure to allow for the targeted uptake in electric vehicles in Cork City. This communication commenced early on during the Strategy development process. 2. Reasonable alternatives considered were identified. For an alternative to be considered reasonable, it must be practical/functional, realistic and implementable. An evaluation of whether each alternative was practical/functional, reasonable and implementable took place. This evaluation considered the following factors: 2.1. The vision and high-level objectives of the Strategy. 2.2. The geographic scope of the Strategy. 2.3. The actual powers and functions of the Local Authority. 2.4. The climate action merits of the alternative. 2.5. The genuine ability of the alternative to effectively achieve the vision of the Strategy. 2.6. The technical feasibility of the alternative. 2.7. The availability of resources, including financial resources to deliver the Strategy within the required timeframe. 2.8. The policy hierarchy and the parameters placed around the Strategy by higher-level policy. 2.9. The legislative context and the parameters placed around the Strategy by alternative fuel, planning and environmental legislation.
The toolkit contained in the EPA's guidelines entitled ' Developing and Assessing Alternatives in Strategic Environmental Assessment Good Practice Guidance ' (2015) was utilised when identifying reasonable alternatives. The 'Why? What? Where? When?' Model defined in the guidelines were used when framing reasonable alternatives, as shown in Figure 6-1.
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