questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has modelled the effect of increased axle weights associated with zero-emission heavy goods vehicles on pavement deterioration rates across the strategic and local road network; and what estimate she has made of the associated long-term infrastructure costs.
answerText: While zero-emission vehicles can be heavier than their petrol or diesel equivalents, the increasing weight of all road vehicles is one of a number of factors affecting the condition of the road network.National Highways is currently undertaking research i...
heading: Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles