- Lewes District Council, which covers a South East region of the UK with over 100,000 residents, has agreed to install 64 chargepoints over 11 council car parks, in collaboration with chargepoint provider Connected Kerb.
- The contract will run for 15 years, with Connected Kerb responsible for installation and maintenance of these chargers.
- The chargers consist of 7kW units, and have been installed in locations across both the main town of the council, Lewes, and the seaside town of Seaford – making this installation a major bonus for tourism in the area, too.
Lewes District Council rapidly expands its EV infrastructure
Whilst two charging stations were already available on council property, Connected Kerb will replace these charge points, in addition to the new chargers set to be installed. Neighbouring Council, Eastbourne Borough, is also set to have 18 EV charging bays across three separate car parks, also in partnership with Connected Kerb. A look at Zapmap, which shows Connected Kerb’s new sites as live, demonstrates just how much of a boost this partnership has brought to the area’s EV charging infrastructure – which was fairly light on the ground, beforehand.
The addition will no doubt be of use to residents who are wishing to make the switch to EV, but are without an off-street location to install a home charger. Installing publicly accessible EV chargers is just one piece in the puzzle, and it’ll be interesting to see whether Lewes District Council also explores the pavement gutter charging route in the near future, as it continues to encourage residents to make the switch.
Chris Pateman-Jones, CEO of Connected Kerb, commented on the partnership:
“We are delighted to be working with Lewes District Council on this vitally important climate change project.
Ensuring that areas such as Lewes district have long-lasting, future-proofed EV charging infrastructure is essential to the UK’s aspirations to move to more sustainable forms of transport and meet its net zero targets.”
