Question follow-through · 9381
Roads: Ashford
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that potholes are fixed promptly in Ashford constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 15 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that potholes are fixed promptly in Ashford constituency.
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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21 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government takes the condition of local roads very seriously and is committed to maintaining and renewing the local road network. Kent County Council is the local highway authority for the Ashford constituency, and it is therefore responsible for the ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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