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2nd Report - Condition and maintenance of Local Roads in England
Public Accounts Committee
HC 349
Published 17 January 2025
Recommendations
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Not Addressed
Mandate regular inspections of PFI roads by managing authorities to ensure contract compliance.
Recommendation
We asked the Department whether it had completed any evaluations on the benefits that come from long-term funding arrangements such as Private Finance Initiative (PFI) schemes.67 The Department responded that the general view on transport funding was that longer-term funding …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the recommendation but outlines plans to commission a feasibility study for a monitoring and evaluation framework for *local highways maintenance funding*, rather than specifically addressing the imperative for regular PFI project inspections or PFI scheme evaluations.
HM Treasury
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Conclusions (1)
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Conclusion
The Department’s own data suggests that the condition of local roads has remained broadly stable. It reported that over the period 2015–16 to 2022– 23, the percentage of local roads rated ‘red’, which are roads that should be considered for maintenance, has been at 3 or 4% for A roads …