At its July 9 meeting, Lake of Bays Council awarded Bracebridge Generation Ltd. a contract to install electric vehicle charging stations in the municipality.
Staff told council that the Request for Proposal process approved by council last February had resulted in four submissions. Staff recommended Bracebridge Generation Ltd. (Lakeland EV Charing) because the company has existing access to the grid circuits in Muskoka and has been involved in creating EV infrastructure in the area since 2018.
Director of Planning Services, April Best-Sararas, explained that all stations will be metered separately with a dedicated service connection and not draw power from any existing site.
She said the municipality would provide the land with no further financial obligations.
In her report to the council, Sararas noted that Lakeland would handle customer service 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, for assistance via a telephone call or email. The company anticipates having the charging stations commissioned by the end of 2025.
According to the Township’s Superintendent of Public Works, Steve Piece, the company will also probably be responsible for snow removal at the sites. Staff is expected to work the company on things like site selection and insurance and report back to council.
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Brian Tapley says
She said the municipality would provide the land with no further financial obligations.
This being the case why are we even talking about insurance?
Being that the township has all the fancy snow removal equipment, why not site the chargers so that the existing equipment we already own can easily, maybe with one pass, sweep the snow away and let this be the Township’s contribution to reduce global carbon. This would be vastly more efficient than Lakeland chugging around after each snow on a dog team with shovels.
Michael O'Mara says
Install them at all the local fire stations . This way all areas are covered and snow removal already takes place.