Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 7966
Roads: Flood Control
Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024
Question
Alex Mayer
Labour — Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with National Highways on the effectiveness of using balancing ponds and drains to help prevent flooding on highways.
Answer
Lilian Greenwood National Highways have not made an assessment on the effectiveness of using balancing ponds and drains in the prevention of highway flooding. Balancing ponds are used on the network to manage the risk of downstream flooding and drainage is designed to re...
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