Placement policy for public charging stations in West Maas en Waal
Introduction
Reason
In order to achieve our climate goals, our transport system must also become more sustainable. Electric transport (EV) contributes to this. The coalition agreement and the Climate Agreement state that all new cars sold must be emission-free by 2030 at the latest. A significant proportion of these will be battery electric cars. According to forecasts from the Climate Agreement and the National Charging Infrastructure Agenda (NAL), an estimated 1.7 million charging points will be needed nationwide for passenger transport by 2030. For West Maas en Waal, the forecast is 150 charging points in 2025, 300 charging points in 2030, and 600 charging points in 2035, compared to 10 charging points now. However, the challenge extends beyond passenger transport. We also expect an increase in the number of electric buses, target group transport, delivery vans, trucks, and mobile equipment. This requires a significant expansion of the number of charging points and a smart, comprehensive, and accessible charging network. This is a major challenge that will have an impact on public space and the electricity grid. We have set out our strategy for charging infrastructure in our Charging Vision.
Purpose and scope document
The placement policy implements the choices made in the Charging Vision of the municipality of West Maas en Waal. The placement policy focuses on the rollout of charging infrastructure for the user groups passenger transport (residents and visitors) and light logistics vehicles.
There is already a significant need for charging points for passenger transport in many places, and we expect this demand to increase significantly. We are monitoring developments for other user groups and will adjust our vision and placement policy accordingly if necessary. Because developments in the field of electric transport and charging infrastructure are progressing rapidly, we will update our vision and placement policy where necessary.
Implementation of policy choices
Private, semi-public, public charging points
Our starting point is that EV drivers should charge their vehicles on private property as much as possible. The municipality only organizes charging facilities in public spaces for EV drivers who do not have this option.
Locations
The municipality designates the locations where public charging infrastructure will be installed. We draw up a plan map showing the locations for the charging infrastructure to be installed. Once a request has been approved, we use this plan map to determine the location where the charging station will be installed.
Types of charging infrastructure
We distinguish between regular charging points and fast charging points.
- Regular charging points
The municipality has a responsibility in the rollout of regular public charging points. We install these charging points, with a capacity of up to 22 kW, as separate poles.
fast charging points The municipality is not currently taking an active role in fast charging.
Placement strategy
To install public charging infrastructure, we have opted for the following procedure:
We have opted for demand-driven installation, whereby residents and commuters can submit a request for a public charging point. We expect that in some parts of the municipality, no requests for charging points will be received yet, and we will monitor whether this causes problems for visitors. With the growth in the number of electric vehicles and the emergence of the second-hand market, demand-driven installation alone is expected to no longer suffice due to long lead times. The need to also roll out proactively—and thus install ahead of demand—is growing.
We record which locations are suitable for charging stations on a plan map. This provides guidance for both our organization and the grid operator and speeds up the installation process. We use the forecasts from ElaadNL as a starting point. We prefer to use the services offered by NAL-regio Gelderland-Overijssel to draw up a plan map. We share the plan map with the grid operator.
Realization criteria
The following criteria apply to the implementation of charging infrastructure:
- safety: the charging cable must not lie across the sidewalk;
- Electricity grid: Where possible, charging stations will be installed within 25 meters of the electricity grid (low-voltage grid). This is due to the additional costs for cables longer than 25 meters. In addition, sufficient space will be taken into account for the installation of supporting hardware for larger connections such as transformers and inverters.
- existing parking space: charging stations will be installed at existing parking spaces where possible;
Participation
The municipality of West Maas en Waal considers it important that residents are well informed about developments in their area. We inform residents when public charging points are installed in and near residential areas. This means that we keep residents informed about traffic decisions that have been published.
Once we have determined the location for the charging point, we will issue a traffic decision that will be published in the Government Gazette. Residents can object to the traffic decision, after which we will reconsider the location. To keep residents well informed about the planned installation of the charging station, we also announce the traffic decision on the municipal website and/or on the municipality page of the Maas&Waler.
Traffic decision
The traffic regulation assigns the parking space the designated purpose of 'charging electric vehicles'. Only electric cars that are charging may park in this space. This means that the plug must be connected to the charging station.
Traffic decision
- We make a traffic decision for each location and designate the parking space as intended for charging electric vehicles or
- We will make a collective decision for multiple locations and designate the parking spaces as intended for charging electric vehicles.