Written questions

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Commons · Question 4831 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 3 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026, to Question 115060, on Roads: Repairs and Maintenance, what assessment has been made of setting highways maintenance targets based on the decarbonisation of mainten

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 3 Jun 2026

As set out in my answer of 2 March, metric 9 considers whether a local highway authority has plans to decarbonise its maintenance operations and whether it has plans to increase climate resilience. It does not set a specific target for decarbonising maint...