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Roads: Infrastructure

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 22 May 2025UIN 52389

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the average impact of judicial reviews on the cost of road infrastructure projects between 2015 and 2025.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The impact of judicial reviews on the cost of road infrastructure projects will vary by scheme. National Highways has calculated that the increase in costs to its schemes, caused by legal challenges, is between £66 million and £121 million per scheme.

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