Leiderdorp is the first municipality in the region to experiment with charging light poles, lampposts that can also charge electric cars. The first converted ones are in use at Brugwacht and Van Diepeningenlaan.
“It’s very practical and also better for the streetscape,” says Frederik Zevenbergen, deputy responsible for traffic, who inspected the charging stations at the Brugwacht along with Alderman Gebke van Gaal. He explains: “The street lighting is already there, so there’s no need for another charging station next to it. That saves space and looks neater.”
The municipality of Leiderdorp received a subsidy from the province of South Holland for this project. If this trial proves successful, the plan is to eventually convert more lampposts into charging stations, both in Leiderdorp and beyond. Alderman Gebke van Gaal praises the potential of the charging lamppost: “In Leiderdorp, we’re always looking for innovative ways to make our municipality greener. If this experiment is successful, we may be able to convert as many as five hundred additional lampposts into charging stations in the future.”
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