Question follow-through · 2544
Road Works: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual cost is of (a) overrunning and (b) delayed road maintenance works.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 30 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 3 Sept 2024 · 35 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual cost is of (a) overrunning and (b) delayed road maintenance works.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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3 Sept 2024
Answer published
Under the 1980 Highway Act, it is the responsibility of the local highway authority to maintain and manage the highway network it is responsible for. The Department for Transport does not collect nor require local highway authorities to provide data about...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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