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Roads: Finance

Asked by Greg SmithConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 9 September 2024UIN 3113

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to spend £8.3 billion on local roads.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The government is committed to maintaining and renewing the local road network, and to enabling local highway authorities to fix up to a million more potholes a year. The previous government made a number of funding commitments, the affordability of each of which is being examined closely as part of the Spending Review.

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