They say they are completely at a loss to understand the reasoning and fear the chargers would take away vital spaces on the already-busy street.
Residents of Edward Street in Oswestry are worried about plans to site EV charges on their street. The street is already busy and clogged with cars. From left: Maeve Gambrell, Pam Lloyd, Moya Bevan-Thomas and Mike Smith
But those who live there say their road is already chock-a-block with cars and fear putting in the chargers would take away vital spaces they need themselves.The council has been given more than £900,000 to install electric car charging points across the county and wants to install 270 charging points in communities large and small as fast as possible for contractual reasons.
"There are also two main road junctions that are difficult to pull out of at times, namely onto Morda Road and Victoria Street - extra traffic will make this more dangerous," a letter to the council says.One of the residents, Mike Smith, has lived in Edward Street for many years and has seen the number of residents' cars grow.
"We dare not drive anywhere at the weekend because if we do our parking space will be taken when we return."Putting electric chargers on the street would simply encourage drivers who don't live here to park to charge their cars. It would mean at least eight parking spaces lost."
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