Following the fuel price debate in the Commons last week, South West Bedfordshire MP Andrew Selous has welcomed the four locations identified in South West Bedfordshire for electric vehicle charging points, which will be match-funded by the Government’s Plugged in Places programme. Central Bedfordshire Council has offered four locations including Hockliffe Street car park next to the entrance barrier and West Street Multi storey Car Park on the ground floor.
The others are Ashton Square, Dunstable, near the planting area in the centre of the car park, Grove Theatre, Dunstable at the rear of Go Bowling.
Further private sector charging points are also being installed across the UK by companies such as Ecotricity’s Electric Highway Scheme and Charge Master’s Polar scheme. Andrew Selous said “With fuel prices so high, I very much welcome the introduction of the infrastructure locally that will enable my constituents to take advantage of cheaper, cleaner motoring in the near future. Several new electric vehicles such as the Vauxhall Ampera and the Nissan Leaf will go on sale in the UK next year.”