Question follow-through · 11734

Road Works: Utilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce disruption to road users from utility companies undertaking road works.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
29 Oct 2024
Target answer date
31 Oct 2024
Answer
1 Nov 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce disruption to road users from utility companies undertaking road works.

  2. 31 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to supporting the effective planning and management of road works by utility companies and local authorities. Works are needed to install and maintain the services on which we all rely and to, for example, roll out broadband a...

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