Kent has one of the most extensive highways networks in the country. The County Council maintains over 5,000 miles of roads; below and above the majority of these are the pipes and cables that enable all the facilities of domestic, leisure and business life. In 2010, Kent County Council, (KCC), was the first to gain Department for Transport approval for a road works permit scheme. Designed to give KCC more power to control and coordinate works permits revolutionised the way local authorities control street works. Building on the success of the Kent Permit Scheme, KCC was the first county council to run a ground breaking Lane Rental Scheme. Designed to reduce congestion on the busiest roads at peak times the scheme allows for KCC to apply charges to companies for occupying more

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