​CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Sept. 26, 2022) — The Charlotte Metropolis Council on Monday authorized a contract to buy and set up 25 electrical car charging stations on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Authorities Middle parking deck on Davidson Road. The charging stations will serve the Metropolis of Charlotte’s rising fleet of electrical automobiles to scale back carbon emissions.
With a unanimous vote, council members awarded the $1.15 million contract to the bottom bidder, Miles-McClellan Development Firm, which is able to set up the charging stations on the fourth and fifth ranges of the parking deck. The set up is predicted to be completed in late 2023.
The final word objective of the stations is to cost city-owned electrical automobiles. Town presently has 63 electrical automobiles in its fleet. The 2023 funds provides one other 55 electrical automobiles, for to a complete of 174 electrical automobiles budgeted, deliberate or already in service. Electrical buses, vehicles and vans are being built-in into the fleet whereas town additionally makes plans for the primary all-electric fireplace station and electrical fireplace truck.
The parking deck set up is town’s largest charging challenge so far, with sufficient ports for 49 automobiles to cost on the similar time. It brings town’s whole stock of electrical car charging stations to 130 with a complete of 243 ports. Fifty of these stations are open to the general public, together with stations on the primary ground of the Davidson Road parking deck.
Different city-owned or city-facilitated charging stations open to the general public are situated on the Ritz at Washington Heights park and in a number of different places, together with within the metropolis’s Corridors of Alternative. In 2021, electrical car stations owned by town however open to the general public charged 2,039 completely different automobiles.
Funding for the upcoming challenge comes from bonds and debt financing accessible via town’s Capital Funding Plan, which makes long-term investments in public infrastructure. Â
The Strategic Power Motion Plan in Observe
The charging stations assist the Strategic Power Motion Plan objective of fueling Metropolis of Charlotte fleet and amenities by 100% zero-carbon sources by 2030. The SEAP was adopted in December 2018 and focuses on objectives for sustainable transportation, buildings, power era, workforce growth, and fairness, with steps on how you can attain the objectives.
