Question follow-through · 104692
M6: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when any assessment by National Highways of temporary slip roads at Junction 38 of the M6 was undertaken; and whether the findings of that assessment informed the current construction programme.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 12 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when any assessment by National Highways of temporary slip roads at Junction 38 of the M6 was undertaken; and whether the findings of that assessment informed the current construction programme.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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20 Jan 2026
Answer published
National Highways first assessed the potential for temporary slip roads during the project’s optioneering stage in 2019. Further consideration took place during early design development, and the option was not taken forward at that time due to spatial con...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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