Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 3 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 December 2002. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Monday, 9 December 2002 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) kilometres of local roads, (b) bridges and (c) footways have been restored by local authorities using money in the Local Transport Plan settlement for capital maintenance work on local highways for (i) 2001-02 and (ii) 2002-03 (A) in total and (B) for each local authority. - Includes figures.

Answer: Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) kilometres of local roads, (b) bridges and (c) footways have been restored by local authorities using money in the Local Transport Plan settlement for capital maintenance work on local highways for (i) 2001-02 and (ii) 2002-03, (A) in total and (B) for each local authority. [86094] Mr. Jamieson: Highway maintenance is funded from Revenue Support Grant as well as the Local Transport Plan settlement. It is not possible to identify works funded through either source separately. Local road condition is monitored through the National Road Maintenance Condition Survey. The latest results for 2001 showed that there was a possibility that deterioration in their condition may have been arrested, but this could not be confirmed until the results of subsequent years were available. From the data supplied through Local Transport Plan returns, 4,746 bridges on local roads required strengthening in 2000 and 4,504 in 2002.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 86094; 396 c35W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Bridges Finance Expenditure Local government Public footpaths Roads Repairs and maintenance Local transport plans
Contains statistics: Yes
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