Question follow-through · 22573
Motorways: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the impact of time delays on road users is taken into account when determining the length of motorway (a) maintenance and (b) improvement contracts.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 8 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 13 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the impact of time delays on road users is taken into account when determining the length of motorway (a) maintenance and (b) improvement contracts.
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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13 Jan 2025
Answer published
For maintenance activities, National Highways operates long-term Maintenance & Response (M&R) contracts, typically spanning 8–15 years. These contracts handle tens of thousands of interventions across the Strategic Road Network annually. Currently...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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