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Roads: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the resilience of road surfaces to increasingly frequent periods of extreme heat.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
1 Jul 2026
Answer
1 Jul 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the resilience of road surfaces to increasingly frequent periods of extreme heat.

  2. 1 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Department and Met Office have published evidence that road surfaces are typically tested to withstand temperatures up to 60 degrees celsius. However, some roads may begin to soften at lower temperatures. The Department is working closely with Nationa...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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