Roads: Surrey Heath
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to prevent sinkhole formation in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood
Tackling problems such as sinkholes on local roads is a matter for local highway authorities. Surrey County Council is the local highway authority for Surrey Heath constituency. For the 2025/26 financial year, the Government is providing Surrey County Council with £32.4 million for local highway maintenance, which is an extra £8.5 million compared to 2024/25. It is up to local highway authorities to determine how best to spend this funding to maintain all parts of their networks, including tackling issues of this sort.
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