Roads: Closures
Commons · Question 21808 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 7 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered the potential merits of giving local authorities discretion to permit more than one Section 16A road closure per road each calendar year.
Answer
Answered by Justin Madders, 7 Sep 2026
Where more than one Section 16A application is made in a calendar year for the same stretch of highway, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 states the Secretary of State must approve the closure.The Government has set out its intention to publish a White...