Question follow-through · 75173

A34: Safety Measures

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with National Highways on the potential merits of introducing spacing chevrons on the A34.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 4 Sept 2025
Target answer date: 8 Sept 2025
Answer: 10 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with National Highways on the potential merits of introducing spacing chevrons on the A34.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2025
Answer published
National Highways has not identified a specific issue with mainline collisions on the A34 that would prompt such an intervention and as such, currently has no plans to install spacing chevrons on the A34.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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