Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 97686

Floods: Road Traffic Control

Tabled: 5 December 2025
Answered: 11 December 2025

Question

Amanda Hack

LabourNorth West Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of road closures to prevent vehicles disturbing standing water that has collected after heavy rainfall on properties at r

Answer

Emma Hardy
The organisational responsibilities and operational processes for local road closures due to flooding are generally held by the Highways Department of the relevant local authority and the Emergency Services. Local private roads are the responsibility of t...

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