Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 31385

Roads: Rural Areas

Tabled: 12 February 2025
Answered: 24 February 2025

Question

Ben Goldsborough

LabourSouth Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help improve highway safety on rural lanes.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
We have awarded local authorities £185.8 million of funding between 2017 and 2024 through the Safer Roads Fund to improve the safety of England's most high risk 'A' roads. To date, it has funded 445.3 miles of rural roads which make up 62.4% of all funded...

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