Written question asked by Lilian Greenwood (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 January 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 January 2016 (named day). It was answered by Andrew Jones (Conservative) on Monday, 18 January 2016 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2016 to Question 21128, whether his Department plans to make additional funding available to help repair local highway infrastructure damaged by the winter floods of 2015-16.
- Answer
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The Department for Transport is providing £40 million of emergency government funding to support communities in Cumbria and Lancashire, by helping fund repairs to key local transport infrastructure. This builds on the government’s provision of up to £2 million in the initial aftermath of the severe wet weather to enable Cumbria and Lancashire authorities to carry out an initial assessment of what repairs were required to roads and bridges.
£3.3 million of funding has also been announced for the restoration of the Tadcaster Bridge and the construction of a temporary footbridge while work is ongoing, to support this community in North Yorkshire. Further, we have recently announced up to £5.5 million of funding to help with the rebuilding of Elland Bridge in Calderdale.
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- 22054
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- 2015-16
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- Finance Floods Roads Repairs and maintenance
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