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Jan 2023
Revealed: locations of 100 new electric charging bays in Harrogate district
One hundred new electric vehicle charging bays are due to be installed in the Harrogate district this year, bringing the total to 120.
The bays are expected to be available early this year but the dates for each locality have not yet been published.
Half of the district's 120 bays will be in Harrogate, which will have 60. They include a dozen each at the Victoria multi-storey car park, the Odeon cinema and Hornbeam Park.
There will be 27 in Knaresborough, 19 in Ripon, six in Boroughbridge and four each in Pateley Bridge and Masham.
A Harrogate Borough Council spokesperson said the bays would help achieve a net zero-carbon economy by 2038, adding:
Chapel Street car park in Knaresborough
The decision to block off existing car park spaces for the new bays before they were in use caused controversy in Knaresborough last month when one business said it was damaging trade.
Hairdressers Kelly Teggin said she supported the introduction of electric charging bays but couldn't understand why it had been done in the run-up to Christmas when the new bays weren't even in use yet.
Harrogate
Victoria multi-storey car park – 12 Bays
Hornbeam Park – 12 Bays
Odeon – 12 Bays
West Park – 8 Bays
Park View – 6 Bays
Dragon Road – 10 Bays
Knaresborough
Conyngham Hall – 12 Bays
Chapel Street – 10 Bays
Leisure Centre (new) – 5 Bays
Ripon (new)
Cathedral Car Park – 6 Bays
Blossomgate Car Park – 4 Bays
Ripon (existing)
Leisure Centre – 5 Bays
Phoenix Business Park – 4 Bays
Boroughbridge (Phase 2)
Back Lane Car Park – Up to 6 bays
Pateley Bridge
Southlands Car Park – 4 Bays
Masham
Market Place – 4 Bays
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