Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 93412

Roads: Pollution and Road Traffic Control

Tabled: 21 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op)Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the government has carried out a review of the effect of highway one way systems on congestion and pollution.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Government has made no such assessment. Local authorities are responsible for the day to day management of their roads, including decisions on implementing traffic management measures such as one way systems. These are one measure available to them to...

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