New EV hub proposed for Kilcullen motorway services
The proposal includes associated infrastructure and spaces for charging 20 vehicles at a time
Those peak-time queues at the two EV charging units in the Kilcullen M9 Circle K Service Area should be a thing of the past some time next year, following the lodgement of a planning application for a 10-unit high-power electric vehicle charging hub there.
The proposal, by Beech Hill Gateway Services DAC, includes associated infrastructure and spaces for charging 20 vehicles at a time. A new canopy with illuminated signage and a new modular ESB Substation are also in the application as well as associated revisions to existing landscaped area and a pedestrian walk way. The space allocated for the proposed hub is to one side of the current cars entrance to the petrol and diesel fuel pumps.
The full details of the application are available at the Kildare County Council planning portal. Submissions can be made up to 21 January 2025. The file number is 2461316.
The location is one of 17 on major roads around the country in which charging 'pools' will be built with banks of charging points, according to an announcement made in July. That same announcement said all the new hubs would be completed during 2025.
