County Durham and Darlington installs car charging points

Up to four vehicles at a time can use the two 7KW charging points installed there as part of the North East Charge your Car project.

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust spent £250,000 improving and extending car parking facilities at Darlington Memorial Hospital in 2010, and it hopes that the addition of the electric vehicle charging points will help encourage people to use sustainable forms of transport.

Bill Headley, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust’s Director of Estates and Facilities, said, “With the North East leading the charge in the UK in terms of the development of electric vehicles, it is obviously important that there are enough facilities available to keep people moving in the region.”