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Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Commons · Question 60700 · Tabled 17 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 25 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) reports and (b) complaints there have been relating to (i) abandoned roadworks equipment and (ii) degraded signage on the (A) A3, (B) A31 and (C) A331

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 25 Jun 2025

Removal of roadworks equipment comes under Section 74 of the New Roads and Street Works Act. The Act enables local highway authorities to charge utility companies for delays in completing roadworks on public highways, and since 2001 regulations have been ...