Shropshire motorists who have been quickest on the uptake of electric and hybrid vehicles will see more on-street charging points coming to their towns.
A successful bid for Government funding has landed Shropshire Council almost £1m to install more on-street electric vehicle charging points in its communities.
A total of £902,940 has been awarded by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles, with support of the Energy Saving Trust, to enable the installation of on-street charge points for local residents wishing to charge their plug-in electric vehicles.
The new sites will raise Shropshire from 65th out of 375 local authorities for the number of public charge points available, to 11th place – or within the top three per cent nationwide.
It is anticipated four to 12 on-street charging points will added, in 17 locations. They are:
- Albrighton – Crown Hotel and High Street
- Bridgnorth – Innage Lane and Listley Street North
- Broseley – Bridgnorth Road and Dark Lane
- Church Stretton – 6 Essex Road and Easthope 1-4
- Cleobury Mortimer – Childe Road East, Childe Road West and St Mary’s Lane
- Clun – High Street
- Gobowen – Railway Station
- Highley – High Street, 25 Woodhill Road
- Ludlow – Galdeford Zone A, Corve Street and Broad Street
- Market Drayton – Frogmore Road
- Much Wenlock – Falcons Court
- Oswestry – Edward Street, Wats Drive and Lloyd Street
- Prees – Church Street
- Shifnal – Aston Street, 56 Broadway and Victoria Road
- Shrewsbury – Bainbridge Green, 131 Copthorne Road, 93 New Park Road, 79 Bishop Street, and Abbey Foregate
- Wem – Aston Street and Mill Street
- Whitchurch – Castle Hill, Newtown, Sherrymill Hill, St John’s Street and George Street
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