§ 25. Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what advice he has received from the Highways Agency in respect of the backlog in road maintenance. [13369]
§ Mr. WattsThe trunk road network is in a good condition, as confirmed by the latest national road maintenance condition survey. Only 3.9 per cent, of motorways and 7.3 per cent, of all-purpose trunk roads have less than zero residual life. The target agreed in 1991 was for the proportion of trunk roads with less than zero residual life to be between 7 and 8 per cent.