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Major investment in roads and pavements pays off

HIGHWAYS teams are working hard to plan and repair thousands of additional metres of road and pavements across the county funded from an additional £5.8 million investment.

East Sussex County Council’s Cabinet approved additional, one-off funding at the end of 2021 to carry out additional work on top of that covered by the annual £20.4 million highways maintenance budget. Continue reading

Residents begin to reap benefits of library strategy

LibraryRESIDENTS across East Sussex are starting to enjoy the benefits of support and activities introduced as part of an updated library strategy.

The Libraries Strategy was updated at the end of last year to ensure that the growing needs of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable are met whilst new, high quality services that all residents can access and enjoy are developed and enhanced.
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Funding boost to help support Ukrainian guests

WORK to support Ukrainian guests to integrate into East Sussex communities has been given a boost of almost half a million pounds.

With 1,460 Guests expected in the county, East Sussex County Council is distributing £490,000 to Voluntary Action groups (VAs) to help them support the work of local networks and community hubs. Continue reading