Agenda item

Report of the Interim Director of Consumer Protection and Market Operations.

The Committee considered a report of the Interim Director of Consumer Protection and Market Operations outlining proposals to install an electric vehicle rapid charge point in the Billingsgate Market car park.  In response to questions and observations from Members, Officers advised that

·      Several requests for electrical vehicle charge points had been received from traders and visitors and installing a charge point would support the Mayor of London’s Environment and Transport Strategies and the City of London Corporation’s Clean Air Strategy.

·      Once charged, vehicles would vacate the charging bay so that it was available to other customers.

·      Officers were of the view that the preferred supplier would be happy to increase the number of electric charging points.

Members were supportive of the proposals but requested further clarification on how use of the charging bays would be managed, negotiating the most beneficial agreement for the City of London Corporation and a table of options to consider before a final decision is made.  The Committee agreed that authority be delegated to the Town Clerk to expedite the recommendations in the report in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy, taking into account the feedback from this meeting.

RESOLVED – That authority be delegated to the Town Clerk to expedite the recommendations in the report in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy, taking into account the feedback from this meeting.