Unadopted Roads
Commons · Question 77884 · Tabled 16 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Anna Dixon
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to local authorities to support the (a) improvement and (b) adoption of unadopted roads.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 16 Oct 2025
Should local highway authorities see fit, they are free to adopt unadopted roads under sections 37, 38 and 228 of the Highways Act 1980.The Government has already provided £500 million of additional funding for local highway maintenance this year, bringin...