Question follow-through · 121005

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the annual cost of repairing and maintaining soil affected roads.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 16 Mar 2026
Target answer date: 18 Mar 2026
Answer: 24 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

16 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the annual cost of repairing and maintaining soil affected roads.
18 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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24 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Department is aware of the challenges associated with maintaining peat soil affected roads. Under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980, the statutory responsibility for maintaining the public highway rests with local highway authorities, who are best p...

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