More than 20 new electric vehicle charging points to be installed in Dorset
The locations have been revealed by Dorset Council
Dorset Council is set to install more than 20 new public charge points for electric vehicles across the county.
The first has already been put in place in the Old Market car park in Sherborne.
Others are planned for Weymouth, Dorchester, Corfe Castle, Wimborne, Bridport and more.
The charge points are a combination of fast (22kW), rapid (50kW) and ultra-fast (150kW) units; the latter will mean drivers can charge 100 miles in just ten minutes.
Cllr Ray Bryan, Dorset Council’s Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel and Environment, said:
“In rural counties like Dorset, car ownership is amongst the highest in the country. By increasing the provision of electric vehicle charging points, we hope to provide the essential infrastructure needed to encourage more car owners in Dorset to choose electric vehicles over petrol and diesel equivalents.
“Travel is one of the biggest contributors to our county’s carbon footprint, so, as part of our response to the climate and ecological emergency, it’s vital we make the changes needed to help tackle this.”
Where are the chargers going?
Here's the list of locations scheduled to be getting new EV charge points in the coming months:
- Streche Road car park, Wareham
- West Street car park, Corfe Castle
- Leigh Road car park, Wimborne Minster
- Durngate Street car park, Dorchester
- Bonnets Lane (East) car park, Wareham
- Culverhayes car park, Sherborne
- Nothe car park, Weymouth
- Lower Sea Lane car park, Charmouth
- Yarn Barton car park, Beaminster
- South Street car park, Bridport
- Station Road car park, Sturminster Newton
- Lodmoor car park, Weymouth
- Purbeck Park, Norden car park, Corfe Castle
- Durlston Country Park, Swanage
- High Street, Cranborne
- Church Lane car park, Blandford Forum
- Penny’s Lodge car park, Ferndown
- Rope Walks car park, Bridport
- Top O’Town short stay car park, Dorchester
- Swannery car park, Weymouth
- Old Market Yard car park, Sherborne
- Fairfield long stay car park, Dorchester
- Holmbush car park, Lyme Regis
The units will be installed by Joju Charging, who are funding 77% of the cost.
The rest is coming from Dorset Council, through developer funding and from the Department for Transport.
Chas Warlow, Head of Sales for Joju Charging, said:
“Joju is delighted to be working with Dorset Council once again, following the success of our partnership with the council and Mer Charging UK on the first phase of the council’s roll-out of EV charging infrastructure.”
Once this phase of installations is complete, Dorset Council will have over 80 charging units in its sponsored network, helping to keep Dorset in the top 20% of charge point numbers in the country.
Christopher Whitehouse, Dorset Council’s Transport Projects Officer, said of the newest installation at Old Market car park in Sherborne:
“As project manager, it’s really exciting to see the first charge point of this year’s ambitious installation programme go live.
“We hope this will encourage householders without space for their own charge point to consider making the switch to an electric car.”