EXPRESSION OF INTEREST - PROVISION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINTS ON BOROUGH HIGHWAYLAND

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<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); border: none"><span style="border: none">T<span style="border: none">he council has ambitious <span style="border: none">plans <span style="border: none">to d<span style="border: none">eliver<span style="border: none"> over<span style="border: none"> 2000 new charging points<span style="border: none"> by <span style="border: none">early<span style="border: none"> 2026<span style="border: none">, <span style="border: none">which will see the <span style="border: none">existing<span style="border: none"> <span style="border: none">network of <span style="border: none">around <span style="border: none">400<span style="border: none"> points<span style="border: none"> significantly extended<span style="border: none">.<span style="border: none"> <span style="border: none">Th<span style="border: none">is <span style="border: none">co<span style="border: none">mmitment<span style="border: none"> is central to the<span style="border: none"> council’s<span style="border: none"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://democraticservices.hounslow.gov.uk/documents/s178564/Appendix%201%20-%20EV%20Charging%20Strategy.pdf"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif; border: none"><span style="border: none">Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy <span style="border: none">(<span style="border: none">2022-2<span style="border: none">026)</span></span></span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); border: none"><span style="border: none">,<span style="border: none"> <span style="border: none">which <span style="border: none">has recently been <span style="border: none">approved<span style="border: none"> by the Council’s Cabinet<span style="border: none">. The strategy outline<span style="border: none">s<span style="border: none"> <span style="border: none">the <span style="border: none">type and distribution of charge points that are likely to be required<span style="border: none"> across the borough<span style="border: none">. Th<span style="border: none">is<span style="border: none"> has been informed by forecasts from the International Council on Clean Transport (ICCT) and Transport for London (TfL)<span style="border: none">, as well as t<span style="border: none">he <span style="border: none">c<span style="border: none">ouncil’s Urban Context and Character study<span style="border: none"> which has identified areas with little or no off-street parking<span style="border: none">.<span style="border: none"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); border: none"><span style="border: none">Now <span style="border: none">that the strategy has been approved, t<span style="border: none">he council <span style="border: none">plans to <span style="border: none">launch a tender process <span style="border: none">to deliver <span style="border: none">this<span style="border: none"> <span style="border: none">expansion of the council’s charging point network<span style="border: none">.<span style="border: none"> Some of the council’s existing charging point locations, where existing contracts have come to an end, will<span style="border: none"> also be re-tendered.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); border: none"><span style="border: none"><span style="border: none"><span style="border: none"><span style="border: none"><span style="border: none"><span style="border: none"><span style="border: none"><span style="border: none"><span style="border: none"><span style="border: none"><span style="border: none"><span style="border: none">Please send any clarification questions and response the LBH questions in the EOI to <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif"><a>ElectricVehicles@hounslow.gov.uk</a>) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> Keywords: Electric Vehicle charging points