Oral Question·Department for Transport
“What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the condition of local roads.”
Tabled: 19 December 2024Answered: 9 January 2025
Asked by
Emma Foody
Labour (Co-op) — Cramlington and Killingworth
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Transport
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Transport (Heidi Alexander)
The Government are determined to help local authorities in England to tackle the highways maintenance backlog that is the result of a decade of under-investment by the previous Government. We are making an immediate start by providing an extra £500 million next year—an increase of nearly 50% compared with the current financial year.