A question on #UnadoptedRoads #RepairsAndMaintenance tabled by Alistair Strathern on 28-11-2024 has been answered by Lilian Greenwood.

Heading: Unadopted Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
Question ID: 1745536
UIN: 16797
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2024-11-28
Asking Member ID: 5000
Asking Member display name: Alistair Strathern
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Alistair Strathern
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support her Department provides to highways authorities to (a) adopt and (b) repair and (c)upgrade (i) unadopted and (ii) ownerless roads that form key parts of local road networks.
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Date answered: 2024-12-03
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Answering Member ID: 4029
Answering Member display name: Lilian Greenwood
Answering Member handle: LilianGreenwood
Answering Member Twitter reference: @LilianGreenwood
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Answer text: Unadopted roads that are not maintained at public expense by a highway authority are known as private streets, as defined by Section 203(2) of the Highways Act 1980. The responsibility for management of private streets rests with the owner, or more usuall...
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Answering body ID: 27
Answering body name: Department for Transport
Tweeted: true