Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 121005
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 24 March 2026
Question
Charlotte Cane
Liberal Democrat — Ely and East Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the annual cost of repairing and maintaining soil affected roads.
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe Department is aware of the challenges associated with maintaining peat soil affected roads. Under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980, the statutory responsibility for maintaining the public highway rests with local highway authorities, who are best p...
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