PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE
Road Maintenance - 30 June 2022 (Commons/Commons Chamber)
Debate Detail
Contributions from Sarah Green, are highlighted with a yellow border.
Sarah Green
Chesham and Amersham
10:01:00
Robert Courts
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
The Department is investing more than £5 billion over this Parliament in local highways maintenance, which is helping to fix potholes and other road defects.
10:01:27
Sarah Green
The roads in Buckinghamshire are a mess—they are some of the worst in the country—and Buckinghamshire Council blames a lack of funding from central Government when it says that it cannot invest in long-term repairs. What specifically are the Government doing to help the worst-affected parts of the country address the backlog of potholes and road repairs?
Robert Courts
The Government are putting in approximately £950 million a year, and have committed to do so for over three years. That enables local authorities to plan over the longer term to manage their highways assets and to tackle potholes and other defects. I note that Buckinghamshire Council is putting £100 million into a four-year highway improvement programme, which is a clear sign of a Conservative council working with Conservative MPs to achieve results.
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