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Written question asked by Greg Knight (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 January 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 January 2024 (named day). It was answered by Guy Opperman (Conservative) on Monday, 22 January 2024 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


A1 (M): Repairs and Maintenance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Highways England on (a) potholes and (b) defects on the southbound carriageway north of junction 7 of the A1 (M); and when this stretch of carriageway will be repaired and resurfaced.

Answer

Departmental officials have regular dialogue with National Highways about maintenance on the Strategic Road Network. In the last 3 months, National Highways (NH) has carried out repairs and addressed defects on the A1(M) southbound approach to junction 7.

National Highways has a comprehensive road inspection and maintenance programme to maintain safe roads and to reduce the potential for potholes and other surface defects.

Further work will be done between 12 and 16 February. Subsequently, NH has plans to carry out further permanent road surface patch repairs within a 2km stretch of the A1(M) southbound approach to junction 7.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
10024
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Repairs and maintenance A1 (M)
Link
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