Charging Infrastructure

Published

21st October 2020

ALMOST £420,000 of new electric vehicle charging infrastructure could be set for the city if councillors back the move next week.

Charging points at council facilities to boost the local authority’s growing electric fleet plus a tender to install on-street “pop-up” chargers at five sites will be discussed by the city development committee.

Mark Flynn committee convener said: “As we increasingly replace obsolete and outmoded fossil-fuel driven parts of the fleet with electric vehicles of all shapes and sizes the charging network has to be there to keep up with the greater demand.

“These new charge points and the experimental on street pop-ups will keep Dundee at the forefront of low and zero emission vehicle use and innovative technology which benefits us all by delivering cleaner air for the city.”

Swarco UK are recommended for £305,5000 worth of work to install infrastructure at Clepington Road and Caird Park depots as well as Claverhouse Industrial Estate.

Tayside Contracts have been recommended as the successful bidder for the pop-up chargers at Yarrow Terrace, Blackness Road, Dudhope Street, Findale Street and South Victoria Dock Road at a cost of £113,000.

If the tenders are approved by the city development committee, which meets on Monday (October 26), all of the work will be completed by March 2021.

Dundee City Council

Dundee draws skilled workers from a 60-minute catchment population of 640,000 and has a local population of over 140,000. The availability of a large pool of highly skilled labour is a key feature in the Dundee economy. Flexibility in the labour force is currently more prevalent in Dundee than in Scotland as a whole. All forms of labour market flexibility - part-time, temporary employment, self-employment and shift work - are widely operational within the city. Labour force stability in the city is excellent, enabling companies to plan with confidence. Labour turnover levels are less than 5% and absenteeism averages 2%.

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