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Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Asked by Helen MorganLiberal DemocratDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 22 January 2025UIN 24710

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled, Seven million more potholes to be filled next year as public urged to report roads in need of repair, published on 20 December 2024, what criteria her Department will use to establish whether authorities are entitled to the 25 per cent uplift.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The Department will provide more details shortly of the criteria that local authorities will need to meet to unlock the full funding uplift in 2025/26. In short, they are likely to be required to comply with certain reporting requirements; to

provide the Department with certain data about their networks and planned roads maintenance expenditure; and to demonstrate that they are complying with best practice.

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