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Question follow-through · 117031

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to assess the maintenance of soil affected roads.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
4 Mar 2026
Answer
5 Mar 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to assess the maintenance of soil affected roads.

  2. 4 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 place a statutory duty on local highway authorities to maintain public highways, based upon their local knowledge and circumstances. The Department is aware of the challenges associated with peat soil. The Department is...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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