Mentions:
1: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Con - Life peer) Investment in England’s railways and roads is determined on a different cycle by central government. - Speech Link
2: Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab - Life peer) So much more could have been achieved had many of those closures not happened.We are now about to embark - Speech Link
3: Lord Goddard of Stockport (LD - Life peer) There are prolonged lane closures and endless repairs due to budget cuts. - Speech Link
4: Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con - Life peer) They are an architectural and planning folly where roads are made completely wide open. - Speech Link
Found: For more information on trends in high street store closures, see the Library briefing Retail Sector
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: A9 Dualling Programme and A75 Upgrade: EIR releaseFound: reduction of the backlog as far as possible, both while still complying with Ministers’ legal duties as roads
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: A9 Dualling Programme and A75 Upgrade: EIR releaseFound: ) as well as those in October (15 road closures) that could be attributed to half term school holidays
Mentions:
1: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) Deciding where to put infrastructure, whether it is housing, roads or solar farms, will always be controversial - Speech Link
2: Greg Smith (Con - Buckingham) , school, the hospital, the GP or the shops without coming up against the obstacles of endless road closures - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tom Randall (Con - Gedling) One of the biggest issues that my constituents raise on the doorstep is the condition of our roads. - Speech Link
2: Steve Double (Con - St Austell and Newquay) pharmacies, the number of community pharmacies in Cornwall is falling, with both Boots and Asda announcing closures - Speech Link
Correspondence Apr. 17 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: on most of the works to be completed offline and this will minimise the need of full carriageway closures
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Inquiry: High streets in towns and small citiesFound: This is very complex and creates unforeseen knock ons- road closures and pedestrianisation can then
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure National Highways keeps (a) roads and (b) verges clear of litter.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
National Highways survey and grade the Strategic Road Network in accordance with The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ Code of Practice for Litter and Refuse. National Highways teams patrol the Strategic Road Network and collect litter daily where it is safe to do so. National Highways carries out weekly inspections on its network, ensuring that it prioritises the clearance of the worst affected areas. National Highways also takes advantage of planned closures for other works to undertake additional litter picks.
National Highways’ grading activities are reported and monitored via its corporate Performance Indicator of the percentage of the Strategic Road Network where litter is graded at A or B as defined in the Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse.
National Highways strategy is to simultaneously reduce the need for litter picking and collection by encouraging behavioural change whilst also providing an effective litter clearing service. National Highways takes a data-led approach to litter clearing activities to ensure that litter hotspots are quickly identified and that resources are targeted effectively. In 2023-24, National Highways collected over 50,000 bags of litter from roads under its supervision.
The Office for Road and Rail, as Highways Monitor, also plays an important role in monitoring National Highways in areas such as litter on behalf of the Secretary of State, ensuring National Highways deliver its commitments as set out in the Roads Investment Strategy and holding National Highways to account for its licence commitments.
Apr. 03 2024
Source Page: Adapting the UK’s transport system to the impacts of climate changeFound: For example, DfT has no responsibility for roads outside of England, as roads are a devolved matter.