Question follow-through · 98615
A34: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration his Department has given to reviewing diversion routes for A34 closures to ensure that country lanes are not used.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration his Department has given to reviewing diversion routes for A34 closures to ensure that country lanes are not used.
11 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Dec 2025
Answer published
National Highways (NH) agrees strategic diversion routes with local authorities and the Police for any planned closures on the A34. These routes are selected as the most suitable for the type and volume of traffic expected and are kept under review. Count...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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