Roads: Tree Planting
Commons · Question 32188 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Jerome Mayhew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of amending the Highways Act 1980 to increase roadside trees planting.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 3 Mar 2025
The Department does not have plans to amend the Highways Act 1980 on this particular topic. The Department does, however, encourage local highway authorities to recognise the contribution that trees make to the economic, social and environmental well-bein...