Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 16797

Unadopted Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Tabled: 28 November 2024

Answered: 3 December 2024

Named Day

Question

Alistair Strathern

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support her Department provides to highways authorities to (a) adopt and (b) repair and (c)upgrade (i) unadopted and (ii) ownerless roads that form key parts of local road networks.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

Unadopted roads that are not maintained at public expense by a highway authority are known as private streets, as defined by Section 203(2) of the Highways Act 1980. The responsibility for management of private streets rests with the owner, or more usuall...

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