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National Highways: Flood Control

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 3 February 2025UIN 26375

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of maintaining balancing ponds owned by National Highways.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

Maintenance costs for the Strategic Road Network (SRN) are borne by National Highways and their financial systems do not categorise spending to the level of sub-asset class granularity. I, therefore, cannot provide a reliable estimate for the costs of maintaining balancing ponds.

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