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Roads: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to help improve road infrastructure to respond to flooding risks in (a) Somerset and (b) the South West.

answeredAdam DanceDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
21 Feb 2025
Target answer date
25 Feb 2025
Answer
26 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to help improve road infrastructure to respond to flooding risks in (a) Somerset and (b) the South West.

  2. 25 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The Government takes flooding and its effects seriously, and has established a Floods Resilience Taskforce, which will enable close working between national, regional, and local government, including the devolved administrations, along with flood risk par...

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