Mentions:
1: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) aware of figures compiled by the LGA that show that Labour councils invest 83% more per head on road maintenance - Speech Link
2: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) What I can say is that this Government have invested significantly in local highway networks. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) In one case, there was a five-year battle to get an estate through-road adopted as a public highway because - Speech Link
2: Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer) Homeowners are often fleeced by the management company, which charges exorbitant fees for maintenance - Speech Link
3: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) This might include maintenance and the improvement of roads and public open spaces. - Speech Link
Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: Monitoring noise and vibration on the HS2 Phase One and 2a route (February 2024)Found: Copthall North, where excavations, material movement, construction of Copthall Tunnel, drainage, highway
Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: Monitoring noise and vibration on the HS2 Phase One and 2a route (February 2024)Found: • A43 Highway Diversion where de -vegetation and tree planting was underway.
Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: Monitoring noise and vibration on the HS2 Phase One and 2a route (February 2024)Found: Along A41 where concrete batching plant operation, earthworks, vehicle restraint system installation, highway
Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: Monitoring air quality and dust on the HS2 Phase One and 2a route (February 2024)Found: Chalfont St Peter Vent Shaft General Site Activities; Road Maintenance Works; Connection to
Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Inquiry: A flexible Grid for the futureFound: up to 30% time in 2030.34 In these hours, the GB energy system is essentially scheduled as a highway
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the amount that local authorities have spent on repairing potholes (a) nationally and (b) in York in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Under the 1980 Highway Act, it is the responsibility of the local highway authority, such as the City of York Council, to maintain and manage the highway network they are responsible for. The Government provides highway maintenance and other funding to local authorities but does not collect data on how much each one spends on repairing potholes: this is a matter for each local highway authority.
In 2023/24, the Government provided the City of York Council with £3.69 million of capital funding for local highway maintenance. This represents an increase of around 30% compared to the previous year, made possible in part by reallocating funding that would otherwise have been spent on the HS2 programme.
The Department annually collects and publishes statistics on gov.uk that detail the condition and maintenance of the highways in England. This includes total expenditure on the local highway network in England, broken down by structural maintenance, routine treatments, and highways planning and strategy on different categories of road:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/road-condition-statistics-data-tables-rdc
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of potholes on the number of people cycling.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The number of people cycling depends on a range of factors including the availability and maintenance of safe, high-quality routes for cycling. Active Travel England and the Department are undertaking joint research to better understand journey quality which would consider the impact of potholes. In the meantime, the Department has announced an unprecedented £8.3 billion funding uplift for roads resurfacing over the next decade, which will enable local highway authorities to transform the state of their local roads.
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on repairing potholes (a) nationally and (b) in York in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Under the 1980 Highway Act, it is the responsibility of the local highway authority, such as the City of York Council, to maintain and manage the highway network it is responsible for.
The Government allocates funding to local highways authorities so they can most effectively spend this funding on maintaining and improving their respective network, based upon their local knowledge, circumstances and priorities. It is up to the respective highway authority how best to spend this funding to fulfil their statutory duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980. In 2023/24, the Department for Transport provided £1.3 billion of Highway Maintenance Block capital funding to local highway authorities in England outside London and the Mayoral Combined Authority areas, of which the City of York Council received £3.699 million. This was 30% higher than the equivalent figure for 2022/23.