Eight new electric vans have been added to Bath & North East Somerset Council’s fleet of vehicles for highway maintenance, helping to reduce emissions and saving on fuel costs.
The majority of vehicles now used by the council are electric Nissan Townstars | Photo © B&NES Council
The majority of vehicles now used by the council’s highways staff are now fully electric Nissan Townstar vans.
They will be used by a variety of council staff, including highway, street works, public right of way and highway structure inspectors.
The local authority’s Highway Maintenance depot in Clutton, where the electric vehicles will operate from, recently underwent a redevelopment that included the installation of electric vehicle charging points.
Councillor Manda Rigby, cabinet member for Transport, said: “We’re excited to introduce our first electric vehicles into our highways fleet.
“These new vans will lower our fuel usage and carbon emissions significantly and support our action plan to tackle the climate emergency as we strive to become a Net Zero Council.
“These new vehicles will help our inspectors service Bath & North East Somerset sustainably for the foreseeable future.”
The council has said it hopes the vehicles will remain in service for ten years, similar to the previous fleet of vehicles which were acquired in 2014.
