KCC has hosted a Freight Summit where a commitment was made to establish the Kent Freight Forum. KCC is in the process of developing a countrywide freight strategy to focus on how current freight movements can be managed and how the expected levels of growth can be met. At the same time it will ensure that negative impacts on Kent are reduced but the economic and employment opportunites are realised. The timetable is to have a Freight Strategy published by March 2009 and it will include an action plan, which will outline a range of measures to be implemented.