Roads: Closures

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered the potential merits of amending the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to enable multiple events to be included within a single temporary traffic regulation order for special events.


Answered by
Justin Madders Portrait
Justin Madders
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 7th September 2026

Under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, multiple events can be included within a single temporary traffic regulation order.

The Government has set out its intention to publish a White Paper which will consider further devolution of decision-making powers and functions in due course.

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