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A34: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the quality of road surfaces on the A34 slip roads.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
30 Jun 2025
Answer
3 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the quality of road surfaces on the A34 slip roads.

  2. 30 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    National Highways is responsible for the maintenance and the quality of the A34 and its slip roads surfaces. National Highways currently has a resurfacing scheme ongoing in the East Ilsley area, which includes the resurfacing of the northbound slip roads....

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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