EV charging points you went to great expense to install cannot be used!
Waverley councillors warned Surrey County Council that installing electric vehicle charging points in certain areas of Waverley would cause issues.
Six were installed at the town end of Catteshall Lane in 2022, and the bays were painted a few weeks later. However, they have been mainly unused since their arrival! Why? Simples.
No signage indicates that the charging points are there, so motorists blindly park their cars in an unrestricted parking area. With the growing demand for EV charging places, finding them is now nearly impossible.
At up to £40,000 a throw, having EV chargers that cannot be used doesn’t seem like a good use of ratepayers’ money.
In July 2019 Surrey County Council followed the Government’s lead by declaring a Climate Emergency and claims it is committed to becoming net-zero carbon by 2050.
The following sites had been earmarked for possible electric charging points in Waverley. But not all of these would be given the go-ahead.
- Beacon Road, Beacon Hill, Farnham
- Falkener Road, Farnham – presumably for all the students – who don’t have electric cars?
- Summers Road, Godalming
- Wey Hill, Haslemere
- Christopher Green in Haslemere
- Croft Road, Godalming
- Windrush Close, Bramley – where everyone owns an electric vehicle?!
- West Street, Farnham – where parking is at a premium?
- Hale Road, Farnham
- High Park Road, Farnham
Highway officers said that although Cranleigh was now ‘ a TOWN’ (which will no doubt go down well with the locals), it had not been included in Surrey’s plans for on-street electric charging points, so none were proposed. However, here are the sites in and around Cranleigh where charging points are now available.
https://www.zap-map.com/charge-points/cranleigh
Hi, I think this is my post of a few weeks ago. Happy to report that the signage is now up and it’s a lot easier to find a space now.
That is good news. thanks for letting us know Giles.