Roads: Ground Water

(asked on 6th September 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the level of contamination of surface water run-off on the road network overseen by National Highways.


Answered by
Richard Holden Portrait
Richard Holden
Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 13th September 2023

The Department is confident that through the Environment Agency working with National Highways they are able to continually assess, review and improve potential areas of high risk to contamination. National Highways also have rigorous processes in pace to assess and monitor the level of contamination of surface water run off on the road network.

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