Flooding: Transport Disruption Debate
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Rehman Chishti
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Flooding: Transport Disruption
Rehman Chishti Excerpts(10 years, 10 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
What was that very substantial tongue that I saw firmly embedded in a cheek when the Secretary of State was addressing the House?
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con)
I welcome the statement by the Secretary of State. I thank him, his Department, the Highways Agency and all the other agencies for what they are doing to get the M2 back to normal following the discovery of a 16 feet sinkhole in the inner reservation. What steps are being taken to address the concerns about sinkholes, as they pose a real risk to road safety?
Mr McLoughlin
My hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State who is responsible for roads is looking at that particular incident this morning. Sinkholes are not common events, but obviously we need to learn any lessons that we can from them. We also need to do the proper work to ensure that no further damage has been done to the road network before we reopen it. However, that part of the road network is now partially reopened.