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Motion · S6M-01916 · 2 Nov 2021

East Lothian Council's Success at the Electric Vehicle Innovation and Excellence Awards

Lodged by Martin Whitfield Standard Motion 13 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates East Lothian Council on its recent success on winning the Public Transport Authority of the Year - Special Recognition Award at the Electric Vehicle Innovation and Excellence Awards 2021; understands that the judging panel noted the extensive work carried out by the local authority to install a comprehensive network of on-street chargers, close to where they are needed, in addition to prominent 50kW journey charging sites in all of its major town centres; notes that special recognition was also given to East Lothian’s partnership-working with external organisations on projects as diverse as co-locating on-street electric bike hire with car-charging stations, and "Agile Streets’", which brings flexible electricity tariffs to people without a safe place to charge at home, and thanks all of the local authority's staff who are leading on the development and implementation of this important work on community EV infrastructure.

Supporters (13)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.