On-street charging heads to Leicester
Leicester has been awarded almost £100,000 for a scheme to trial the use of on-street charging points in residential areas.
The city council will receive £95,340 from the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles and the Energy Savings Trust to help fund the installation of 22 on-street charging points. The city council will provide another £32,000 of funding.
The scheme is aimed at people who don’t have off-street parking at home and would find charging an electric vehicle difficult. The new charging points will mainly be installed in existing lampposts which have been adapted to run low energy LED lights, with some installed as freestanding units.
Work to install the new charging points is due to begin early next year.
