PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Motorways: Kent (10 November 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the UK's freight traffic uses the Kent motorway network; and what proportion of funding for motorway resurfacing has been allocated to the M20 in the last five years.

Asked by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)

The Department produces estimates of vehicle miles by vehicle type and road type. Based on 2016 estimates, 16.6 billion HGV miles were travelled on Britain’s roads. 1.9% of these HGV miles occurred on the Kent motorway network.

11% of all motorway resurfacing in the South East region during the last five years occurred on the M20.

Answered by:
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
20 November 2017