Asked by: Fabian Hamilton (Labour - Leeds North East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance Survey Report, published on 19 March 2024.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government takes the condition of local roads very seriously, which is why it has reallocated £8.3 billion of HS2 funding to help tackle some of the issues highlighted in the report in question. This funding will be on top of what local authorities were expecting to receive over the next decade, and will, over time, allow them to transform the condition of their local highway networks.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much reallocated HS2 funding has been given to Lincolnshire County Council for road resurfacing.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
Lincolnshire County Council will receive a minimum additional overall uplift of £287.7 million between 2023-24 and 2033-34 as a result of reallocating HS2 funding. £4.9 million of this has already been paid out in the current financial year with a further £4.9 million to follow in 2024/25, and Lincolnshire is receiving around 30% more capital funding for highway maintenance in the current financial year than it did in the previous financial year.
Funding allocations beyond 2024/25 are a matter for the next Spending Review.
Feb. 09 2024
Source Page: Monitoring Noise and Vibration on the HS2 Phase One and 2a route (November 2023)Found: , canal works and highway works were underway
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department (a) has provided to local authorities to help reduce congestion on local roads in each of the last two years and (b) plans to provide to local authorities for this purpose in each of the next five years.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
During the financial years 2022/23 and 2023/24 the Department has provided a total of over £2.1 billion of highway maintenance support to local authorities through the Highways Maintenance Block, Potholes Fund, and the additional funding from the Network North announcement. It has also provided £340 million for small scale transport improvements through the Integrated Transport Block to eligible local authorities. All of this will help enable smoother, safer journeys. In addition to this, Combined Authorities receiving City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements receive a settlement that incorporates funding for similar improvements in their areas. The Department is also providing £70 million in 2023/24 for a new traffic signals upgrade programme, which will help traffic flow more freely.
As for future years, the Department has already announced an £8.3 billion uplift for local highway maintenance over the years 2023/24 to 2033/34 as part of the Network North programme. Further details of this are available on gov.uk. In 2024/25 the Department will provide £1.065bn of Highways Maintenance Block and £170 million of Integrated Transport Block funding to eligible local authorities. The profiling of funding in the years beyond 2024/25 will be subject to a future Spending Review.
The Department has also supported various local road schemes across the country through the Major Road Network and Large Local Major programmes, the details of which are available online, at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/network-north.
Asked by: Tobias Ellwood (Conservative - Bournemouth East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department is providing for road resurfacing in Bournemouth.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
During the current financial year the Department is providing Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council with £6,240,800 of capital funding for highway maintenance. This represents a funding increase of around 30% compared to the amount it was receiving in 2022/23.
May. 11 2024
Source Page: Restricting the generation of surplus funds from traffic contraventionsFound: improvement projects, a “highway improvement project” is defined in the Road Traffic Regulation Act
Asked by: Baroness O'Neill of Bexley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of (1) awarding local authorities five-year highways funding allocations, and (2) moving highways funding currently allocated to Transport for London towards London borough councils.
Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government agrees that there is a compelling case to provide local authorities with long-term funding certainty, enabling them to plan and carry out their highway maintenance responsibilities in the most efficient way.
On 4 October, the Prime Minister announced a long-term multi-year funding uplift of £8.3 billion for local highway maintenance through the Network North plan, which will provide the long-term funding that local highway authorities need.
Further details were published on 17 November on https://www.gov.uk/government/news/8-billion-boost-to-repair-roads-and-back-drivers. A share of the £8.3 billion will go to London, and the Government intends to allocate this directly to both Transport for London and the individual London boroughs.
Mentions:
1: Mark Harper (Con - Forest of Dean) Network North plan, the Government are providing a record funding increase of £8.3 billion for local highway - Speech Link
2: Mark Harper (Con - Forest of Dean) We have given local authorities more than £5 billion of funding for local road maintenance. - Speech Link
3: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) In January 2022, the Government updated the highway code to improve road safety for people walking, cycling - Speech Link
4: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) Look at the specific measures taken: we have toughened up the driving test, made the highway code more - Speech Link
Written Evidence May. 15 2024
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Jul. 26 2010
Source Page: The Resilience of England’s Transport Systems in Winter. An Independent Review. Interim Report. 124 p.Found: Well Maintained Highways , A Code of Practice for Highway Maintenance Management 12 is published by