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Roads: Cramlington and Killingworth

Asked by Emma FoodyLabour (Co-op)Department for TransportTabled Answered 29 July 2024UIN 1108

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the quality of road maintenance in Cramlington and Killingworth constituency.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

Maintenance of the local highway network within the constituency of Cramlington and Killingworth is shared between Northumberland County Council and North Tyneside Council. It is up to the respective highway authority to decide how best to maintain its network, based upon its local knowledge, circumstances and priorities, to fulfil its statutory duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980.

The Department regularly publishes data about the condition and maintenance of roads by local authority and National Highways; this data can be found on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/road-condition-statistics-data-tables-rdc.

The Department also publishes headline road condition data: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/road-conditions-in-england-to-march-2023/road-conditions-in-england-to-march-2023.

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