Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

(asked on 3rd December 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to repair roads in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.


Answered by
Simon Lightwood Portrait
Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 16th December 2025

At the Autumn Budget, the Government committed over £2 billion annually by 2029/30 for local authorities to repair and renew their roads and fix potholes. For the first time, we have confirmed funding allocations for the next four years, enabling local authorities to plan ahead and move away from expensive, short-term repairs and instead invest in proactive and preventative maintenance.

This is in addition to the Government's investment of £1.6 billion this year, a £500 million increase compared to last year.

The local highway authority for the Romford constituency is the London Borough of Havering. The table below sets out the highways maintenance funding that Havering is eligible to receive from 2025/26 to 2029/30.

Local authority

2025/26

2026/27

2027/28

2028/29

2029/30

London Borough of Havering

£1,082,000

£3,060,000

£3,289,000

£3,520,000

£4,033,000

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