The van has been supplied under the council’s annual vehicle replacement programme of over 25 Fords, which allows them to streamline their fleet to ensure the chosen vehicles meet specific needs and requirements. It replaces a previous-generation Ford Transit Connect that was on the fleet for 10 years.
Ian Finch, head of direct services at Sevenoaks District Council, said: ‘We are very pleased with the first of the new Ford Transit Connect vans. It is used daily to courier documents and goods around and beyond the district. We expect this new Ford will be equally reliable as well as helping to further reduce the council’s total fleet emissions and fuel usage.’
The van has been supplied by Haynes Ford – one of the UK’s oldest-established Ford dealers – with Peter Freeman, fleet and municipal consultant, commenting: ‘I sold the first Ford Transit van in the south-east in the 1960s, so it is very pleasing to have taken this order for one of the first of the new Transit Connects almost 50 years on, particularly as the customer is Sevenoaks District Council.’
