CLIENT:
Cork City Council
PROJECT NAME: REPORT TITLE:
Cork City Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy
SEA Environmental Report
Proposal Ref.
Suggested Amendments to the text of the Strategy - to mitigate Potential Adverse Environmental Effects
Strategy Proposal
• At Normal Speed Charging Stations existing parking regulations (i.e. parking disc zone, residential parking permit) will remain in place, ensuring that such chargers are reserved primarily for those actively charging from the local community who do not have access to a driveway or private off-street parking space. • At a minimum each disk parking zone will be provided with one Normal Speed Charging Station. • Access to normal speed charging stations will be actively managed by the operator to ensure the facilities are not monopolised by one or two users and that there is fair access to the wider residential community in terms of their use. Such fair access may include, the requirement to book a charging session (i.e. morning, afternoon, evening, night, etc..), limiting access to an individual charge point to every second, third, etc.. day. • Charging Stations are proposed in estates where the roads have been taken in charge by the Local Authority. In the other estates, the development management company will need to provide the charging infrastructure, ZEVI currently have grants to facilitate such investment by private property management companies. • Normal speed charging stations will not be provided on any privately owned (or leased) parking spaces in estates which have been taken in charge. An Indicative number and location of Normal Speed Chargers have been defined. Adopt and progress an Implementation Plan for the EV Charging Strategy. This Implementation Plan involves the following: • Cork City Council would obtain any required planning permission for the proposed electric vehicle charging infrastructure stations in Cork. The current strategy includes the delivery of 13 new fast charging stations and 44 normal speed charging stations in the community up to Year 2025. • Cork City Council will manage the design and construction 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 (5 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 three electric vehicle charging infrastructure bundles to provide competition in the marketplace. The bundles include both fast charging and normal charging infrastructure.
Attach the following text to the proposal: • Cork City Council 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 up to Year 2025. • Cork City Council are likely to tender a number of concessions (5 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 three 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.
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