7.1 The Cumberland EV strategy envisages the following interventions, subject to funding being available:
a) On-street charge points installed in dense, urban streets.
May use streetlight columns or stand-alone EV charging bollards, depending on the street layout. Individual locations will be decided after consultation with residents and criteria will include highway and residents’ parking considerations as well as suitability of available power supply.
The Highway Authority retains responsibility for all infrastructure on the highway and could make quick progress with this programme of work.
b) Off-street locations including public car parks, private car parks to which the public have access and informal parking spaces on public or private land.
Comprehensive lists of potential locations have been produced and will be evaluated according to a number of criteria, including:
- ownership and tenure
- location in relation to project objectives
- availability of suitable electricity supply or the potential to connect to a suitable supply
c) Larger public car parks
In larger public car parks there may be commercial opportunities to partner with a private operator. Local authorities and public bodies such as the NHS are best placed to progress this programme of work.
d) Destination car parks - visitor sites
Places that attract car-parking by visitors predominantly. These may be in towns and villages and therefore well-supplied by existing services or, for example in the Lake District NP or along the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site corridor, may be in remote locations where power supply is inadequate.