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Martin Vickers Excerpts

Thursday 16th May 2024 Commons Chamber

[Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con)]

11. What funding his Department is providing for road resurfacing.

[Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con)]

16. What funding his Department is providing for road resurfacing.

[The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Mark Harper)]

The Government are firmly on the side of drivers, which is why we are using funding reallocated from the HS2 programme to improve the condition of the country’s local highways network. Our record funding increase of £8.3 billion for local highways maintenance in England over the next decade will enable highways authorities to resurface roads and fix thousands of potholes across the country.

[Martin Vickers]

The Secretary of State and his Ministers are well aware of my campaign for the removal of the concrete surface of the A180. It is now six years since I received a letter from the then roads Minister telling me that the work would be completed by the end of 2021. Can the Secretary of State tell me when work will begin to remove that concrete surface and make the road much safer than it is at present? Can he give me a firm date?

[Mr Harper]

My understanding is that the A180 is part of the National Highways concrete roads programme and that there is a plan to undertake additional treatment to reduce noise substantially early in the next road investment period, which starts next year. My hon. Friend may wish to meet the roads Minister to discuss the matter in more detail and secure some specific information about the timing.