Charging points deal agreed

Scarborough Council has entered into an agreement for the supply and maintenance of electric vehicle charging points valued at £450,000.

The council agreed the deal with Connected Kerb Ltd for the supply, installation, and ongoing operation and maintenance services of 48 active electric vehicle charge points.

The EV-charging points will be located across 18 council car parks with 27 charge points in Scarborough, 12 in Whitby, three in Filey, and two each in Robin Hood’s

Bay, Staithes and Runswick Bay. It’s hoped the first devices will be installed before the end of the year in what will be the biggest roll out of electric vehicle chargers anywhere in North Yorkshire.

In September, the council announced that it had been awarded a grant of approximately £264,390 by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles.

The council’s successful bid was to the Government’s On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme which has been allocated £20m of funding between 2022 and 2023.

A report by the authority states that “once capital costs are recovered by Connected Kerb there will be a 40% operating profit payable to the council during the term of the 13-year operating agreement”.

The report said: “There is potential for designated EVbays to either reduce or increase council income from car parking spaces, with comparable projects elsewhere reporting insignificant implications.”

The duration of the deal between the council and Connected Kerb will be 13 years.