questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what duty exists between developers and highway authorities to ensure roads on new residential developments that are subject to a Section 38 agreement are gritted and made safe during the winter weather before formal adoption takes place.
answerText: There is no statutory duty set out in the Highways Act 1980 that requires developers or highway authorities to carry out winter maintenance, such as gritting, on roads subject to a Section 38 agreement prior to formal adoption.  
heading: Unadopted Roads: Snow and Ice