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Transport: Coastal Erosion and Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the resilience of transport infrastructure to flooding and coastal erosion.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
20 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
2 Jun 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the resilience of transport infrastructure to flooding and coastal erosion.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    I recognise that flooding and coastal erosion pose significant risks to transport infrastructure. The Environment Agency’s national assessment of flood and coastal erosion risk in England shows that 37% of railways and 38% of roads are currently in areas ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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