Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
Commons · Question 121005 · Tabled 16 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Charlotte Cane
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the annual cost of repairing and maintaining soil affected roads.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 24 Mar 2026
The Department is aware of the challenges associated with maintaining peat soil affected roads. Under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980, the statutory responsibility for maintaining the public highway rests with local highway authorities, who are best p...