Background

Bayside Council is working with Intellihub and its partners to install 10 pole-mounted electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at locations across Bayside. The EV charging stations are being installed as part of a trial program funded by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

The pilot project

This pilot project will run for 12 months and aims to determine the demand for commercial EV charging facilities within Bayside and monitor how this demand changes over time.

The trial will also assess the draw from the electricity grid, its cost, and whether other forms of EV infrastructure could be implemented over the coming years.

Each location will have a single EV charger with designated Electric Vehicle Charging Only parking spaces. EV owners will be required to pay to use the EV chargers via an app.

The installation of EV chargers will commence in October 2023.

EV charging station locations

The locations where the EV chargers will be installed are:

• 86-92 Ancliffe Street Wolli Creek
• 4 Tupia St Botany
• 56 Denison Street Hillsdale
• The Boulevarde Brighton Le Sands
• 73 King St Mascot
• 44/45 The Grand Pd Brighton-Le-Sands
• 4 Richie St Sans Souci
• 36 Smith St Hillsdale
• 64 Railway St Rockdale

These locations have been selected based on criteria set by Intellihub in their Council Site Nomination Guidance publication. EV charging sites must minimise the impact on residential and commercial parking supply and be located near residential flat buildings or town centres with surplus parking, or in Council on-street or commuter car parks.

Have your say

Council is seeking feedback from the community on the EV charging stations pilot project. You can provide your feedback in any of the following ways:

Online: Via the online submission form below.

Hard copy: Submit a hard copy submission to one of our Customer Service Centres.

Opening hours are 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday at:

Eastgardens Service Centre, Ground Floor, 152 Bunnerong Road, Eastgardens NSW 2036 or
Rockdale Service Centre, 444-446 Princes Highway, Rockdale NSW 2216

Email: haveyoursay@bayside.nsw.gov.au

Post: Bayside Council, PO Box 21, Rockdale NSW 2216.

The closing date for submissions is 5pm 10 September 2023.

Next steps

Your feedback will inform planning for any future expansion of EV charging infrastructure.

More information

For more information, please contact Council's Environment & Resilience Team at resilence@bayside.nsw.gov.au.

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