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Roads: North East Somerset

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure Bath and North East Somerset council, rated red, for the local highway authority’s road condition ratings, improves its performance.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
14 Jan 2026
Answer
22 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure Bath and North East Somerset council, rated red, for the local highway authority’s road condition ratings, improves its performance.

  2. 14 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Department published a new traffic light rating system for all local highway authorities in England on 11 January which rates authorities red, amber or green based on: the condition of their roads; how effectively they spend their record Government fu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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