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Isle Of Wight Council Increases Electric Vehicle Charging Accessibility

Simon Jones (left), the Councils' Licensing, Public Health & Regulation Team Leader, pictured with Cllr Sally Smith (right).

The Isle of Wight Council is expanding its network of Electric Vehicle (EV) charging points.

In conjunction with Joju and Mer Charging, to support those without access to off-street parking, with Quay Street in Newport as one of the newest on-street chargers active.

The active chargers are proving popular with Island residents with 441 charging sessions to date, more than 7,200 kilowatt hours of electricity drawn and 598 kilograms of Co2 saved.

All the charge points are powered by green electricity.

Cllr Phil Jordan, Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, Highways and Transport, said:

"I am delighted and encouraged that the first seven on-street electric vehicle charge points are now available for residents to use, and we look forward to increasing this number over the next few weeks.

"We have been receiving a growing number of requests from both residents and visitors for public charging facilities and through our partnerships we are planning and working towards meeting the demand as fast as we are able.”

On-street charger locations have been chosen to meet local resident demand and will help the EV transition for residents who cannot benefit from home charging.

One parking bay at each site is reserved exclusively for electric vehicles that need to recharge.

Mer are fully funding the installation of seven new rapid chargers and 16 dual fast chargers in public car parks across the Island.

This will increase the number of car parks with operational EV chargepoints to 13. It is anticipated the first of these new off-street installations will be completed by the end of December 2022.

Transitioning to electric vehicles is key to the achievement of the Council’s climate targets.

Included in these goals are increasing the number of public chargepoint sockets to at least 72 in council car parks and on private land such as supermarkets and petrol stations.

An Isle of Wight Council spokesperson said:

"We acknowledge that not all chargepoints are in working order at the moment but we are working closely with contractors to get them running as soon as possible."

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