West Suffolk Council has signed a deal which will see around 100 new electric vehicle charging points installed on council-owned land this year.

The sites will include town centres, leisure centres, country parks and car parks.

Motorists will be able to pay for the charging points by card or by using the Shell Recharge app.

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East Anglian Daily Times: Councillor Andy Drummond, cabinet member for regulatory and environment at West Suffolk Council.Councillor Andy Drummond, cabinet member for regulatory and environment at West Suffolk Council. (Image: West Suffolk Council)

Councillor Andy Drummond, cabinet member for regulatory and environment at West Suffolk Council, said: "This sees a step change in availability of public charging points ahead of the change from fossil fuel vehicles in 2030.

"I welcome the collaboration with ubitricity and am delighted that the energy motorists are to be supplied is from the same company that buys the energy we generate from our council-owned solar farm, and at competitive rates.

"In December we published a position statement on EV charging point infrastructure and to see this being delivered so quickly shows the pace we are working at to be carbon net zero by 2030."