The province’s electric utility wants to give drivers of electric vehicles another reason to stop in Liverpool.

Nova Scotia Power has approached the Region of Queens about installing a charging station on municipally owned property in downtown Liverpool.

The Nova Scotia Power website shows a single charging station at the Sobeys in Liverpool. The next nearest opportunities for EV drivers to charge up are locations in  Bridgewater or Shelburne. The utility would like to install the charging station around the Visitor Information Centre on Henry Hensey Drive along the Mersey River.

Mayor Darlene Norman says as any local resident will tell you, that parking lot is prone to flooding and staff are working with NS Power to find a more suitable location.

“Richard Lane, our Economic Director is taking the lead on this, and it’s somewhere around, somewhere on municipal property in the Liverpool, Main [Street] area,” said Norman.

The new service will come at no cost to Region of Queens taxpayers as NS Power plans to pick up the tab on the entire project.

Mayor Norman didn’t say when the proposed charging station could be operational.

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