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<p>We want to encourage private sector investment to build and operate a self-sustaining
public network that is affordable, reliable and accessible.</p><p> </p><p>Government
funding and leadership, alongside private sector investment, has supported the installation
of more than 21,000 public chargepoints, 2,100 of which are rapid – creating one of
the largest networks in Europe. In August the Secretary of State announced that funding
for this year’s on street residential charging scheme, which offers grants to local
authorities to support investment at a local level, would be doubled from £2.5 to
£5 million. Highways England has also committed £15m to ensure there are chargepoints
(rapid where possible) every 20 miles on 95% of the Strategic Road Network by 2020.</p><p>
</p><p>This is in addition to the £400m Chargepoint Infrastructure Investment Fund
announced at the Autumn budget in 2017.</p><p> </p>
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