Published Monday 5 October 2020 at 9:48
Electric car chargers are now available at all of the Council’s Business Centres.
People with electric vehicles can now charge their cars at new three new carparks in the borough.
The charge points are located at
- Blackburn Enterprise Centre,
- Blackburn Technology Management Centre
- Eanam Wharf Business Centre
They join the existing charging points at Feilden Street Car Park, Darwen Market Rooftop Carpark, Brown Street Carpark, Varley Street Carpark and Weir Street Carpark.
There are currently over 100 electric cars in the borough and over 1,000 in surrounding areas.
The new charging stations are available for staff, tenants and customers at the Business Centres and can also be used by members of the public.
Parking is free whilst charging your vehicle for a maximum of 4 hours, the charging tarrif is 25p/kWh.
Councillor Phil Riley, Executive Member for Growth and Development, said:
Many council-run car parks and now our business centres have electric vehicle chargers, this is a great move forward for a greener and more environmentally friendly future’
Electric car use is increasing across Blackburn and Darwen and visitor to our borough can visit us knowing they can charge up wherever they go
All the charging points have 22Kw AC sockets and are operated by Swarco E.Connect.
Customers can charge using an RFID card or by downloading the app available from Google and Apple stores.
For charging cards and more information, please visit – swarcoeconnect.org