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Park and Charge hub at Cattle Market car park in Bicester (Image from Oxfordshire County Council)
The £5.2 million Park and Charge Oxfordshire programme is among the first of its kind in the UK and is being delivered by a consortium of local partners including Oxfordshire County Council and Cherwell District Council. The Bicester site is the first of 24 council-owned car parks to have an EV charging hub installed this year under the scheme.
Cllr Pete Sudbury, Oxfordshire County Council s cabinet member for climate change delivery and environment, said: “Interest in electric vehicle ownership is increasing in the county, but one factor holding people back is the inability to easily charge them outside their home, with about 35 per cent of residents having no access to off-street parking.
THREE political parties have agreed to form a coalition to run Oxfordshire County Council. The Liberal Democrat, Labour and Green councillors have joined togeth.
Mrs Brighouse said: “There are serious issues around SEND needs and children’s care. There is a real mental health crisis for children at the moment.” The Labour group leader added she thought there would be a close working relationship with the Labour-run Oxford City Council. In the past, there have been suggestions of bad blood between the formerly Tory-run county council and Labour-run city council, but Mrs Brighouse contested this. Liz Brighouse, Pete Sudbury and Liz Leffman, the group leaders of the Oxfordshire Fair Deal Alliance. Picture: Andrew Gant She said: “I don’t know if there ever has been a strained relationship.
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