Along with working on a Climate Change Adaptation plan, Terrace city council has agreed to provide an additional $18,000 towards their Green Fleet plan.

City Planner Jennifer MacIntyre says that the idea to build a fleet of electric vehicles for city staff came from city council meetings last year. Though MacIntyre says that the official plan started earlier this week.

According to MacIntyre, the transition to electric vehicles will contribute to the city's hopes of greenhouse gas emissions being reduced to 80 per cent lower than 2007 levels by 2050.

At first, the city was given a $20,000 estimate from B.C. Hydro who would cover $10,000 of the cost. But in a council meeting on March 13, the city allocated an additional $18,000 on top of the $10,000 that was budgeted. That funding is coming from the Local Government Climate Action Plan Reserve Fund, which is also contributing to the city's Climate Change Adaptation Plan.

Currently in phase 2, once complete that plan will inform the city's Climate Action Plan. MacIntyre says that the plan is to have both projects complete by July 2023.

Listen to the CFNR story with Jennifer MacIntyre below: