questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's document, the Methodology used to calculate ratings for local road maintenance, published on 11 January 2025, why was metric 9 on decarbonisation of road maintenance deemed relevant to fixing potholes and road conditions; and what assessment has been made of the reliability of electric battery powered highway maintenance vehicles in very cold weather.
answerText: Metric 9 considers both whether a local highway authority has plans to decarbonise its maintenance operations and whether it has plans to increase climate resilience. In relation to decarbonisation, lower carbon approaches to road maintenance, such as a g...
heading: Roads: Repairs and Maintenance