Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 83384

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Tabled: 20 October 2025

Answered: 28 October 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that (a) rural and (b) smaller local authorities can access funding to (i) trial and (b) adopt (A) faster, (B) cheaper and (C) lower-carbon road repair technol

Answer

Simon Lightwood

The Department has made available £1.6bn in funding for local highway authorities to maintain their networks in 2025/26, a £500 million uplift compared to the previous year. It is for each individual local highway authority to assess which parts of its ne...

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