Cllr Pete Kilbane, who is also City of York Council’s deputy leader, said the council continues to investigate how the charging points could be installed in the streets but admitted that factors stand in the way.
“Policy wise we’re not saying never,” he told a meeting of the council’s economy and place scrutiny committee meeting on Thursday, April 25.
Ahead of the meeting a report was prepared on Gul-e charging points – where cables are connected from homes to vehicles under the pavement – to be included as part of the council’s next public charging strategy to be published in 2025.
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