Coming to a forest near you? The Yorkshire Dales National Park and North York Moors National Park are having 18 new electric vehicle (EV) charging points installed in their car parks funded by BMW UK through its ‘Recharge in Nature’ partnership with National Parks UK.
This latest
development marks the next stage in the Recharge in Nature partnership, which
will install EV chargers across all 15 of the UK’s National Parks by the end of
2025.
Neil
Heseltine, Chair of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority and National
Parks Partnerships’ Board Member, commented: “The Yorkshire Dales National Park
alone welcomed 5.1 million visitors in 2022. We’re so pleased that our
partnership with BMW UK will support those who are travelling to Yorkshire’s
National Parks in EVs. Part of our responsibility as National Parks is to
conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of our
Parks and this includes facilitating more sustainable journeys
to Yorkshire’s National Parks.”
Alongside the installation of EV chargers throughout all National Parks, the Recharge in Nature partnership is also supporting community impact and nature restoration projects.
The North
York Moors National Park is using this funding to support outdoor volunteering
programmes for families and young adults. The goal is to boost the physical and
mental wellbeing of those volunteering and establish a community of committed
conservationists. An important aspect of this is also ensuring young people
have a say in the National Park’s decision-making processes.
Which begs
the question, have any local motor clubs been asked for their comments or
invited to join “having a say in the National Park’s decision-making processes”?
Is that
the bell of doom I hear ringing in the background?