Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 115907
Unadopted Roads
Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026
Question
Alex Mayer
Labour — Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department collects on the number of unadopted roads going through the Section 38 process by local authority.
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe Department does not collect data on the number of roads that have been, or are currently being, adopted by local authorities. Decisions on whether to adopt a road rest with the relevant local authority, provided the road meets the necessary design sta...
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