Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 7966

Roads: Flood Control

Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable 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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