Road Works
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many street works carried out under emergency procedures she considers as evidence of misuse.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood
The Department have examined data from our Street Manager digital service and spoken to industry representatives and found no evidence of misuse. Emergency works are needed to deal with danger to life and urgent works are needed, for example, to repair leaks, restore customer connections, and repair dangerous potholes. The Government believes, however, that there is scope to improve how such works are managed and communicated to road users and we are working with the sector to develop proposals to address this.
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