Motorways: Road Traffic Control
Commons · Question 115025 · Tabled 23 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Claire Young
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of amending legislation to enable local transport authorities to divert traffic onto national highways where (a) local and (b) network conditions make it (i)
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 26 Feb 2026
The Department has made no such assessment. Local authorities are responsible for managing traffic on their networks, and National Highways for managing the Strategic Road Network of motorways and trunk roads. Both are subject to the Network Management Du...