Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 119743
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026
Question
Patrick Spencer
Conservative — Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the local highways maintenance funding formula for rural road networks.
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe Department has not made an assessment of the average cost of maintaining a mile of road in rural or urban local authorities. Every area faces its own unique challenges. That is why highways maintenance funding is based on established national datasets...
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