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Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure - Receipt of Capital Funding

Meeting: 14/11/2024 - Council (Item 61)

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Report of the Assistant Director - Highways and Public Protection

Minutes:

Further to Minute No. 65 of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 7 November 2024, the Council considered the report of the Assistant Director  - Highways and Public Protection advising that allocations of additional funding over £1m in value required Council approval. The report sought  Council approval to add £1.067m of Local Electric Vehicle Charging (LEVI) funding to the Council’s Capital Programme. Subject to confirmation from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, a Grant Funding Agreement would be received for this amount.

 

It was moved by Councillor Veidman, seconded by Councillor Atkinson and

 

RESOLVED:

 

That a supplementary capital estimate for £1.067m, externally funded using Local Electric Vehicle Charging (LEVI) funding from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) for the delivery of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure across the Borough, be approved.

 


Meeting: 07/11/2024 - Cabinet (Item 65)

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Report of the Assistant Director - Highways and Public Protection

Minutes:

The Cabinet considered the report of the Assistant Director - Highways and Public Protection advising that allocations of additional funding over £1m in value required Council approval. The report sought a Cabinet recommendation to the Council to add £1.067m of Local Electric Vehicle Charging (LEVI) funding to the Council’s Capital Programme. Subject to confirmation from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, a Grant Funding Agreement would be received for this amount.

 

Cabinet Members welcomed the Grant Funding Agreement.

 

Decisions Made:

 

That

 

(1)      the Council be recommended to approve a supplementary capital estimate for £1.067m, externally funded using Local Electric Vehicle Charging (LEVI) funding from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) for the delivery of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure across the Borough;

 

(2)      the progress of the development work in support of a submission to the LCRCA to identify the programme of roll out of new infrastructure be noted; and

 

(3)      the progress of the development of an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy for the Borough be noted.

 

Reasons for the Decisions:

 

The report sought approval to accept the allocated LEVI Funding into the Council’s Capital Programme. This would facilitate the remaining steps of the process and help avoid delays in using the funding. Further report(s) would confirm the Council’s EV Strategy, final details of the priority list for the roll out of EV infrastructure and the details of the contractual relationship with a charge point operator, when all those matters had been determined.

 

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

 

The Council could decide not to participate in the LEVI delivery scheme, but this would limit the ability to provide EV infrastructure for those residents without off-street parking.