Question follow-through · 15613
Bridges: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authority-owned highway bridges are subject to weight restrictions or closures because the estimated repair costs exceed the funding currently available.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 2 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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2 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authority-owned highway bridges are subject to weight restrictions or closures because the estimated repair costs exceed the funding currently available.
8 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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8 Jul 2026
Answer published
Local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. My Department does not collect data on the reason for every weight restriction or closure applied to a bridge by a local highwa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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