Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 47927

Flood Control: Finance

Tabled: 24 April 2025
Answered: 1 May 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding available to Highways England for the maintenance of flood resilience infrastructure.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
National Highways undertakes flood resilience work on England’s motorways and trunk A roads through a combination of ongoing maintenance and renewals activity that extends the life of, or replaces, existing roads and structures. The Department has set the...
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