Question follow-through · 41146

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increased usage of heavy vehicles on recent trends in the levels of expenditure on road maintenance and repairs.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 25 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 28 Mar 2025
Answer: 28 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

25 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increased usage of heavy vehicles on recent trends in the levels of expenditure on road maintenance and repairs.
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
The increased usage of heavy vehicles is one of many factors affecting road condition. Others include weather, overall traffic volumes, the age of the road and standard to which it was constructed, and the topography of the area. It is the responsibility ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Aviation

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