CLIENT:
Cork City Council
PROJECT NAME: REPORT TITLE:
Cork City Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy
SEA Environmental Report
7.3.2 Inter-plan Cumulative Effects Other plans and programmes that the Strategy has a relationship with are identified under Section 2.4 of this report. It should be noted that all other plans and programmes have been or will be subject to environmental assessment for the purpose of preventing and mitigating potential negative environmental effects, where required. Potential inter-plan cumulative effects are presented below: • The Strategy provides proposals which support the delivery of the development of EV charging infrastructure which could contribute - if incorrectly managed - to cumulative impacts (in the absence of mitigation) through construction related environmental effects (dust, noise etc.) in combination with development (e.g. active travel or mobility hub development) supported by other plans, including higher order plans (e.g., the Cork City Development Plan, Local Area Plans, the Local Authority Climate Action Plan). • The widespread development of charging stations within Cork City has the potential to generate some degree of cumulative effect on existing street/ road operations, cultural heritage, population and human health, and tourism and recreation, particularly where charging station development projects in the city overlap between each other and with other sustainable transport or active travel related projects supported by other plans, such as the Cork City Development Plan or the Cork City Local Authority Climate Action Plan. • The expansion of the EV charging network in Cork City in tandem with the carrying out development supported by the Cork City Development Plan may cumulatively effect material assets (electricity grid) when considered in-combination - in the absence of appropriate mitigation. • The widespread development of charging stations in Cork City - in tandem with sustainable transport and active travel projects supported in the CDP or the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy 2040 - has the potential to robustly support a shift to the use of a sustainable form of transport. This has the potential to generate a variety of cumulative positive environmental effects.
The potential cumulative environmental effects listed in the third and fourth bullet points above have the potential to extend beyond the boundary of the local authority functional area.
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