A new electric vehicle charging point scheme has been approved in Chichester

At a recent council meeting councillors agreed to introduced a new charging scheme.

Chichester District Council discussed at a cabinet meeting on the 4th October joining a charging scheme. 

The scheme is set to help urge more residents in the Chichester area to go for the electric vehicle option. 

The leading councillors backed the plan that is already a county wide scheme to create more points for electric vehicle users to charge their cars in across the area. 

The proposal will be overseen by West Sussex County Council and its selected partner Connected Kerb and is a 15 year contract. 

Currently most car parks in the Chichester area  owned by the council are now being considered to become part if the scheme.

Connected Kerb will have responsibility for planning, installing, operating and maintaining all charge points on behalf of the county council and all the district and borough councils.

Prior to the new proposal earlier this year the council carried out  consultation to see what areas local residents would like to see new electric charging points in. 

The council highways authority worked with Connected Kerb and complied a shortlist of 15 locations for the chargers. 

Before proceeding with the next stage of the plan however the locations will be  subject to Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) consultations by the county council to understand the communities’ views.

 Two types of charge points will be installed: fast charge points (7–22 kilowatt) and rapid charge points (50 kilowatt).

Fast charge points are used for charging at home or in car parks, while the rapid charge points are intended for longer journeys or when someone needs a quick boost to their battery’s power.

Electricity is generally more expensive to buy from rapid charge points.

 In addition to joining the Connected Kerb scheme, Chichester District Council has also just taken on two electric cars for staff to use on work journeys as a part of a two-year pilot scheme in partnership with Co-Wheels Community Car Club.

Co-Wheels is a community car club which has been available to district residents for over ten years. 

Teams that regularly carry out car journeys as part of their work will be encouraged to use these cars instead of their own personal vehicles.

This is in addition to two electric bikes, which are also available for staff to use for work journeys.

The aim of these schemes is to help the council become greener and enable more staff to travel to work using methods such as train or bus.

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