Strategic Environmental Assessment Report

Environmental Effect requiring Environmental

Potential Environmental Effects (in the absence of Environmental Mitigation)

AQ N

Ref.

Proposal

PHH

BFF

Mitigation identified?

All future Park and Rides serving the city centre, as identified in the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy, should also include for a significant proportion of their parking spaces to be electric vehicle charging enabled.

The charging infrastructure simultaneously with other transport or active travel infrastructure (supported by the Cork City Development Plan or the Cork City Local Authority Climate Action Plan, for example) has the potential to generate cumulative effects, in particular where several development projects overlap or intersect. development of EV Overall, the deployment of the charging infrastructure is likely to have a positive effect on air quality, climate and population and human through facilitating modal shift and the reduction in transport GHG emissions. The widespread delivering of charging infrastructure may generate cumulative environmental effects, particularly where development projects overlap, intersect and/or are within close proximity to one another. Poorly located public charge points have the potential to reduce road safety or aggravate existing traffic problems. Potential therefore exists for negative effects on material assets and population and human health. This proposal is focussed on the analysis and evaluation of the first phase of infrastructure deployment and the potential for future increased EV vehicle and associated charging infrastructure usage. It is likely to have positive effects on population and human health, air quality and climate as a result of improved accessibility and uptake in electric vehicles.

In total, the Strategy has identified 244 normal speed charging infrastructure stations and 65 fast charging infrastructure stations. A summary of the spatial distribution of charging infrastructure is presented in the following table.

Yes

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The first wave of delivery has focused on the provision of fast speed charging infrastructure to provide a broader provision of infrastructure therefore allowing a greater number of people to avail of the new charging infrastructure. This will give confidence to the people that charging their electric vehicles should not be a hinderance in their decision to purchase such a vehicle or not.