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Written question asked by Daniel Zeichner (Labour) on Friday, 11 December 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 December 2015. It was answered by Andrew Jones (Conservative) on Friday, 18 December 2015 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the reasons for regional variation in the condition of local authority A roads that merit the indicator which states that they are roads where maintenance should be considered.

Answer

The Department for Transport regularly publishes Official Statistics on the proportion of roads where maintenance should be considered by region in England. The latest available published data are for the financial year 2013/14.


Road maintenance is a matter for individual local highway authorities, and it is for them to prioritise work according to local need. However, we are providing local highway authorities with record funding of £6 billion for local highways maintenance plus a £250 million pothole action fund as recently announced by the Chancellor on top of this.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
19724
Session
2015-16
Related items
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
Thursday, 25 February 2016
Written questions
House of Commons
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Local government Roads Repairs and maintenance
Link
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