Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 58864

M4: Newbury

Tabled: 10 June 2025
Answered: 18 June 2025

Question

Mr Lee Dillon

Liberal DemocratNewbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will work with National Highways to ensure that runoff from the M4 does not pollute the chalk streams in Newbury.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
National Highways (NH) is well aware of this issue, and in 2024 treated a site along the M4 that was found to be discharging into the River Lambourn chalk stream near Newbury. More generally, the Department is working closely with NH to address the risk o...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 58864) →