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Dundee could receive more than £600,000 worth of new electric vehicle chargers and other infrastructure thanks to grants from the UK and Scottish governments.
A new report reveals the money will be used to boost sites in the city. It will come from the Office of Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV), Transport Scotland and Air Quality Funding.
The four projects will share a combined £603,000 in grants.
A pair of new chargers at the recently approved Princess Street Hub will be given priority for taxis, another two rapid chargers will also be given priority for taxis at St Anne Lane car park, and at Queen Street car park there will be a single taxi priority rapid charger installed.
In addition there are plans to fit single rapid chargers at strategic locations in the city that will support the uptake of electric vehicles, with sites including Ninewells Hospital, city centre and at key hotels.
A council steering group has been set up to manage the projects.
Work on the new charging hub is expected to start in autumn and is planned to be up and running by the end of the year.
Dundee City Council now has the largest fleet of electric vehicles of any local authority in the UK and is a past winner of Green Fleet magazine’s public sector fleet of the year and low carbon vehicle operator of the year.
Lynne Short, convener of Dundee City Council’s city development committee, said: “This is the second grant from OLEV and is specifically aimed at the city’s growing electric taxi fleet that has so far been benefitting from the publically available charging points.
“We are still widely recognised as the leading European city when it comes to promoting and supporting the use of zero and low emission vehicles. This money will help to keep us at the forefront of that revolution and support the expansion of a pure electric and private hire fleet in the city.”
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