The key stakeholders of freight transport within Kent infrastructure and investment needed to support this growth and the likely funding gap. It prioritises investment to create The impacts of freight are wide and varied and therefore a new jobs, homes and infrastructure. number of authorities and organisations are responsible for mitigating its impacts within Kent. KCC recognises the need to continue to work closely with these bodies/organisations. Department for Transport (DfT) Kent County Council The DfT are the governing body for all transport matters KCC is the Highway Authority responsible for over 5,000 miles nationally. It allocates funding and develops policy and of roads in Kent. This does not include the motorway and legislation. With regards to freight the DfT works to make sure trunk roads maintained by Highways England and roads goods are moved safely and securely across the UK. It looks within the Medway Council area. roads range from to encourage goods to be moved at a reasonable cost with KCC’s county primary routes, such as the A229 and A28, to minimum impact to the environment and communities. It also unclassified rural roads. The Council is responsible for works with industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It maintaining the public highway and regulating any proposed does this through: developments that affect it. Providing policy, guidance and funding to Local KCC is the Local Transport Authority and under the Traffic Authorities Management Act 2004, all Local Transport Authorities in Collecting revenue through the HGV Road User Levy England have a duty to keep all people and goods moving Setting Drivers Hours regulations to be monitored by efficiently on the road network. VOSA (Vehicle and Operator Services Agency) authority’s Implementing the Driver CPC (Certificate of KCC is responsible for producing a Local Transport Plan Professional Competence) through the DVSA (Driver (LTP4) that outlines strategic transport priorities and KCC’s and Vehicle Standards Agency) proposed investment in transport infrastructure across the Regulating the carriage of dangerous goods county. Alongside this the Growth and Infrastructure Trialling the use of longer semi-trailers Framework (GIF) was developed to give planners, developers and all levels of government the of growth ‘big picture’ view across Kent. The framework identifies the fundamental
The key stakeholders of freight transport within Kent The impacts of freight are wide and varied and therefore a number of authorities and organisations are responsible for mitigating its impacts within Kent. KCC recognises the need to continue to work closely with these bodies/organisations. Kent County Council KCC is the Highway Authority responsible for over 5,000 miles of roads in Kent. This does not include the motorway and trunk roads maintained by Highways England and roads within the Medway Council area. KCC’s roads range from county primary routes, such as the A229 and A28, to unclassified rural roads. The Council is responsible for maintaining the public highway and regulating any proposed developments that affect it. KCC is the Local Transport Authority and under the Traffic Management Act 2004, all Local Transport Authorities in England have a duty to keep all people and goods moving efficiently on the authority’s road network. KCC is responsible for producing a Local Transport Plan (LTP4) that outlines KCC’s strategic transport priorities and proposed investment in transport infrastructure across the county. Alongside this the Growth and Infrastructure Framework (GIF) was developed to give planners, developers and all levels of government the ‘big picture’ view of growth across Kent. The framework identifies the fundamental infrastructure and investment needed to support this growth and the likely funding gap. It prioritises investment to create new jobs, homes and infrastructure. Department for Transport (DfT) The DfT are the governing body for all transport matters nationally. It allocates funding and develops policy and legislation. With regards to freight the DfT works to make sure goods are moved safely and securely across the UK. It looks to encourage goods to be moved at a reasonable cost with minimum impact to the environment and communities. It also works with industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It does this through: Providing policy, guidance and funding to Local Authorities Collecting revenue through the HGV Road User Levy Setting Drivers Hours regulations to be monitored by VOSA (Vehicle and Operator Services Agency) Implementing the Driver CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence) through the DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) Regulating the carriage of dangerous goods Trialling the use of longer semi-trailers
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