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BBC News
21 hours ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
Call for better electric vehicles scrappage scheme in Jersey
Jersey's government needs a proper plan for the scrapping of hybrid vehicles, according to an owner told she would have to pay to dispose of Guyett said she was told there would be a charge, even though her hybrid car stopped working and "wasn't worth £100".She said the Government of Jersey needed to have a plan to recycle electric vehicles (EVs), given the government had been financially helping people to purchase electric vehicles. The scheme closed at the end of Minister Constable Andy Jehan said officers were working with waste contractors to ensure they were trained and had suitable facilities for the safe de-pollution of electric vehicles. Ms Guyett said she found only one company on the island that could scrap the said: "When I contacted them, they said they were unable to take it unless I paid scrappage costs as the Government of Jersey had withdrawn any budget for disposing of hybrid or battery-operated vehicles."That was really challenging because my car was quite a big vehicle... there was really no support from the government."Currently, owners of petrol and diesel vehicles to be scrapped are paid a certain amount per tonne, whereas the owners of electric and hybrid vehicles are being advised to make arrangements to have them shipped off island. The number of electric, hybrid electric, electric petrol and electric diesel registered is 8,139 out of a total of about 128, said those wanting to dispose of end-of-life vehicles were advised to contact the manufacturer through the on-island dealers. He said: "There are not significant numbers of end-of-life electric vehicles in the island currently awaiting disposal. "Officers are working with waste contractors locally to ensure that they are trained and have suitable facilities for the safe depollution of electric vehicles on the island." Ms Guyett said she did not think the government had proper plans in place for said: "They are new, they are not going to be a problem, we don't need to think about end-of-life care. "Cars get written off due to accidents all the time and, if we don't have a treatment strategy for them, what are we supposed to do?"Deputy Hilary Jeune said she believed the government was working on a scheme to help islanders recycle said: "The government are working with the UK to set up a scheme to be able to take the cars from Jersey to the UK and dispose of them that way - it hasn't been set up completely yet but there is work under way."At the moment, we haven't had that many EVs that have had to be scrapped. It's a very small amount... It's growing but, because we are at the moment at the beginning of our EV schemes in Jersey, we're not there yet." Ms Guyett said it was "sheer luck" that she managed to find someone willing to ship her car to the UK free of said: "That took several weeks... and, in the meantime, because we live on an estate where there's limited parking, we were really struggling with neighbours being a bit frustrated."I wanted to buy a full electric vehicle for my next car. "This whole experience has made it that I don't want to even touch a hybrid because I can't deal with having the stress and the uncertainty that, if something happened, I would be back where I started."
BBC News
3 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
New £800k football pitch opens at Jersey's Springfield Stadium
A new all-weather 3G pitch which cost more than £800,000 has opened to Stadium in St Helier is home to the Jersey Bulls but the venue is also used by the nearby primary school and Jersey's walking football Minister Andy Jehan said it was it was time the previous pitch was replaced after it was put in more than 10 years ago."It's vital that we've got somewhere that people can use... on average around 1,000 people a week use this surface," he said. "We've also taken the opportunity to replace the floodlights, so we've got more power efficient floodlights - we're also doing some work inside and hopefully this will last us at least another 10 years."
BBC News
14-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Petition to save historic sea pool reaches 1,000 signatures
A petition to restore the 128-year-old Victoria Marine Lake in St Helier has reached 1,000 means there will now be a response from Jersey's sea pool, built in 1897, is one of the largest of its kind in the British Isles, but it has been unusable since 2023 due to its sluice gates remaining including the newly formed Save Our Pool Working Group, are calling for urgent restoration. Petition organiser Nina Zaech described the pool as a "vital piece of Jersey's heritage" that could support health, leisure, and tourism.A 2024 inspection found the pool required "comprehensive work".Last month, infrastructure minister Andy Jehan was asked how the site would be maintained and said repairs would be "uneconomical" due to planned sea defence upgrades along the Jehan also referenced the £356,000 already spent on the maintenance of the Havre des Pas bathing pool.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
New pedestrian-priority route planned in St Helier
A new pedestrian-priority route is to be created in St Helier. The government's Infrastructure and Environment (I&E) department said the continuous walkway would be created across the King Street and New Street junction. Minister for Infrastructure Constable Andy Jehan said the previous traffic arrangements on New Street and New Cut would be changed for an initial 12-month trial period. The main change would be the removal of access across Kind Street for buses and taxis, along with a minor alteration to permitted access times for commercial unloading, he said. More news stories for Jersey Listen to the latest news for Jersey I&E said a recent traffic survey showed during core retail hours about 50% of vehicles using the route were taxis and 8% were buses. Jehan said removing access to these vehicles would support pedestrian safety and reduce congestion. Only pedal cycles and essential commercial deliveries between 20:00 GMT and 10:00 will be permitted to cross King Street via New Cut under the scheme. New taxi rank locations were being sought in town, he said, but the rank at Library Place would remain. Jehan said the number of blue badge car parking spaces would not be affected and a map of blue badge spaces across the island would soon be issued. A more in-depth look at the work on New Street would be published shortly, he added. Follow BBC Jersey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to Disabled parking fears as street plans revealed New options considered for narrow St Helier road Government of Jersey
BBC News
10-07-2025
- BBC News
New pedestrian-priority route planned in St Helier
A new pedestrian-priority route is to be created in St government's Infrastructure and Environment (I&E) department said the continuous walkway would be created across the King Street and New Street for Infrastructure Constable Andy Jehan said the previous traffic arrangements on New Street and New Cut would be changed for an initial 12-month trial main change would be the removal of access across Kind Street for buses and taxis, along with a minor alteration to permitted access times for commercial unloading, he said. I&E said a recent traffic survey showed during core retail hours about 50% of vehicles using the route were taxis and 8% were said removing access to these vehicles would support pedestrian safety and reduce pedal cycles and essential commercial deliveries between 20:00 GMT and 10:00 will be permitted to cross King Street via New Cut under the taxi rank locations were being sought in town, he said, but the rank at Library Place would said the number of blue badge car parking spaces would not be affected and a map of blue badge spaces across the island would soon be issued.A more in-depth look at the work on New Street would be published shortly, he added.
