Lancashire charging point roll-out

Lancashire County Council has successfully bid for £14.8 million of government funding, of which part will be set aside for at least 150 new charging points.

It is hoped that the first charging points will be installed in early 2017, but operational use is set for March 2018.

John Fillis, county councillor and cabinet member for highways and transport, said: "The government has provided councils with the funding to establish many more charging points, and we're now doing the groundwork to add significantly to the existing network.

"Our aim is to help give people the confidence to consider buying an electric vehicle by making it easy to find a charging point reasonably nearby, wherever you are. By loaning these vehicles for a few days our officers have learnt a lot about what we need to do to accomplish this, and I hope these futuristic-looking vehicles will become a more common sight in what will be an ever-greener Lancashire."

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