Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 12530

Road Traffic Control: Floods

Tabled: 4 November 2024
Answered: 7 November 2024

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an estimate of the cost of closing roads during flooding in (a) Bedfordshire and (b) nationally in September.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The Department recognises the profound importance of our country’s road network in moving people, goods, and services around the country. The economic impact of closing roads will vary greatly depending on the roads in question and on the scale and severi...

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