Dublin Bus Depot Electrification Delayed
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Sources · 7 independent
“she raised the matter of these electric buses worth tens of millions of euro that have been sitting idle apparently for about 18 months sitting idle unused for 18 months because there's a lack of charging points.”
“buses costing tens, ten million of taxpayers is money.”
“buses costing tens, ten million of taxpayers is money. Our purchase is government in the history of Irish governments.”
“110 electric buses are sitting idle, as you said. These cost half a million euro each, so it's 38 million in total and some have been sitting idle for as long as 890 days.”
“planning for Dublin bus depot electrification actually began in 2019 and with the charger procurement... charger procurement competitions then in 2020.”
“It was an issue with compliance, yeah. And tenders had been cancelled. And it could be resolved since 2019.”
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