Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 115025
Motorways: Road Traffic Control
Tabled: 23 February 2026
Answered: 26 February 2026
Named DayQuestion
Claire Young
Liberal Democrat — Thornbury and Yate
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of amending legislation to enable local transport authorities to divert traffic onto national highways where (a) local and (b) network conditions make it (i)
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe Department has made no such assessment. Local authorities are responsible for managing traffic on their networks, and National Highways for managing the Strategic Road Network of motorways and trunk roads. Both are subject to the Network Management Du...
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