Question follow-through · 77884
Unadopted Roads
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to local authorities to support the (a) improvement and (b) adoption of unadopted roads.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 16 Oct 2025 · 30 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to local authorities to support the (a) improvement and (b) adoption of unadopted roads.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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16 Oct 2025
Answer published
Should local highway authorities see fit, they are free to adopt unadopted roads under sections 37, 38 and 228 of the Highways Act 1980.The Government has already provided £500 million of additional funding for local highway maintenance this year, bringin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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