Locations confirmed for new electric vehicle charging

Wokingham Borough Council has just announced the sites for new electric vehicle charging points, which should encourage higher ownership when they are installed with Government funding next year.

They’ll be funded by a grant from the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles, in partnership with the Energy Saving Trust, for two points at each of 19 locations. This covers 60 per cent of the cost and the rest will be met by suppliers, who will be responsible for maintenance once a contract is agreed.

Twelve sites are residential streets, all five minutes’ walk from areas of high demand:

• William Heelas Way, Wokingham town, RG40 1RE
• Pigott Road, Wokingham town, RG41 1PY
• St Paul’s Gate, Wokingham town, RG41 2YP
• Station Road, Twyford, RG10 9NE
• Pitford Road, Woodley, RG5 4QF
• Bramshill Close, Arborfield, RG2 9PT
• Braybrooke Road, Wargrave, RG10 8DY
• Roycroft Lane, Finchampstead, RG40 4HW
• Chatsworth Avenue, Winnersh, RG51 5EW
• Westminster Way, Earley, RG6 4BZ
• Maiden Place community centre, Earley, RG6 3HE
• Wheble Drive, Woodley, RG5 3DU

The rest will go in our Denmark Street, Rose Street and Cockpit Path car parks, all in Wokingham town, Polehampton Close (West) in Twyford, Station Road in Earley and Crockhamwell Road and Headley Road in Woodley. There’ll be dedicated EV bays so owners will always have access.

Read more here: https://news.wokingham.gov.uk/news/locations-confirmed-new-electric-vehicle-chargers/