Deadline for £35m cities scheme to promote ULEV uptake approaching
Wed 28 January 2015
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The second of three deadlines for local authorities throughout the UK to apply for a share of £35 million government funding to support the adoption of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) in cities is February 20th.
The fund will be shared between up to four cities who submit the best proposals. Cities can use the fund to support a number of measures including installing EV infrastructure and introducing low emission zones.The measures which bids may consider include both hard measures including recharging/fuelling infrastructure, and soft measures such as public procurement, behaviour-related and community measures (e.g. car clubs).
In order to reduce the burden on local authorities, OLEV has split the bidding process into three phases: Notice of application, a Screening phase, and the Final application. Key dates are (were):
• December 31st, 2014 – Deadline for notice of application
• February 20th, 2015 – Deadline for submission of screening phase bids
• Mid-March – Announcement of a shortlist of cities who have passed the screening phase
• August 31st – Deadline for submission of final bids
• September/October – Announcement of 2-4 winning cities
Guidance for bidders is available on the Gov.UK website here.
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