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Asked by Jack RankinConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 25 June 2026UIN 11924

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of using specialist technologies for improving the life of ageing infrastructure.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department works with infrastructure operators on innovations for better managing transport infrastructure. For example, the Department encourages councils to embrace innovative practices to deliver better road maintenance programmes and supports research and innovation including through funding programmes such as Live Labs 2.

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