Written questions

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Commons · Question 60702 · Tabled 17 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 24 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will commission a review into the (a) management arrangements and (b) maintenance outcomes on non-trunk A roads that cross multiple local authority areas.

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 24 Jun 2025

It is the responsibility of local highway authorities to maintain the highways network in their area, as per section 41 of the Highways Act 1980. However, the Government is determined to end the pothole plague on our roads, which is the result of a decade...