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Roads: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether funding to tackle water pollution caused by highways will be included in the budget of Road Investment Strategy 3.

answeredDr Ellie ChownsDepartment for Transport

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Department for Transport
Tabled
24 Mar 2026
Target answer date
26 Mar 2026
Answer
30 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 24 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether funding to tackle water pollution caused by highways will be included in the budget of Road Investment Strategy 3.

  2. 26 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3) includes funding to enable National Highway to continue delivering on its 2030 Water Quality Plan, and to mitigate pollution from a total of 190 – 250 drainage assets (outfalls and soakaways) that pose the greates...

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