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National Highways: Flood Control

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 12 March 2025UIN 35857

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2025 to Question 30745 on National Highways: Flood Control, if she will have discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of providing additiona

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The ownership and management of National Highways’ assets, at this level, fall within National Highways’ delegated authority. The Department does not plan to make an assessment on the future ownership of balancing ponds owned by National Highways.

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