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Road Traffic Control: Finance

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 16 December 2025UIN 97811

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 60138 on Road Traffic Control: Finance, whether she is providing central support for congestion improvement measures.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department provides a range of funding mechanisms to local authorities to enable them to deliver their objectives. It is for them to determine how best to use this to manage their roads to fulfil their Network Management Duty.

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