Did you know? - Transport and Environment 2006/07

• Over 3,000 kilometres (97 per cent) of road network are maintained by the Council – vital for the economic prosperity of the county.
• We maintain 38,000 street lights, 91 pedestrian crossings and 56 traffic signal controlled junctions.
• 38 schools have been helped to develop their own school travel plans.
• Over 500 kilograms of household waste per person each year are managed, and nearly 27 per cent is recycled and composted.
• Over 11 million bus journeys are run each year in rural areas.
• Over 275,000 people have been encouraged and enabled to use the 3,500 kilometres of Rights of Way in East Sussex.
• The Council helps to look after the county’s environment, including Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Heritage Coast and other sites of local, national and international environmental importance.
• Applicants are satisfied with the way that waste and minerals planning applications are handled, with at least 50 per cent of major applications decided within 13 weeks.
• Nearly £49 million (10.5 per cent of the overall the Council’s budget) was invested last year to improve the transport infrastructure, environment and economy.
• The Council has to pay £16 per year in electricity charges to light each one of our 38,000 street lights – that’s over £500,000 a year.
• Over 22 million square metres of roads in the county are maintained and that it costs over £2 to ‘tar and chip’ each square metre of road.