Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 18240

A14: Trees

Tabled: 13 July 2026

Answered: 16 July 2026

Named Day

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2026 to question 121208 on A14: Trees, what steps National Highways is taking to ensure the survival of replanted saplings on the A14 during heatwave temperatures and drought.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

National Highways has put in place measures to improve the survival rates of replanted saplings. This is part of its new approach to tree planting, designed to better account for increasing environmental pressures, including changing weather patterns and ...

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