District lagging behind in rapid electric vehicle chargers

South Holland is the only district in the county without a single rapid charging point for electric vehicles.

It also has the lowest number of public charging devices at 12.

South Kesteven has 45 and 26 rapid chargers while Boston has 48 and seven rapid points.

A report to go before the county council next week outlines measures for carbon reduction.

“Sales of electric vehicles within Lincolnshire are behind the national level but have started to grow rapidly,” says the report.

But there are stark differences in provision across the county, with a total of 257 charging points and 63 rapid chargers.

South Holland lags behind all the other areas and has 12.5 devices per 100,000 population while South Kesteven has 31.4 and Boston 67.8 – the highest concentration in the county.

Nationally, the statistics show there are 45.8 public charging points per 100,000 population.

The county’s Local Transport Plan, quoted in the report, says that a total of 3,394 charging points will be needed across Greater Lincolnshire by 2030.

The report, for the Environment and Economy Scrutiny Committee, also says hydrogen as a fuel alternative has ‘high potential’ for Lincolnshire as the main UK production facilities are on the South Humber Bank.