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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-09-06more like thismore than 2017-09-06
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Roads: Heating more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing heating apparatus in certain road surfaces similar to that installed on the M4 at Chiswick in the 1960s to improve safety in winter and reduce the need for gritting; and if he will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency East Yorkshire more like this
tabling member printed
Sir Greg Knight more like this
uin 9101 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-09-13more like thismore than 2017-09-13
answer text <p>The then Highways Agency assessed the potential merits of introducing heating apparatus in road surfaces in a trial from 2004 to 2007, using heat stored during the summer to heat the road surface in winter.</p><p> </p><p>This helped prevent ice forming by warming the road to keep it above zero degrees centigrade, but was found not to be effective below minus four degrees centigrade. Conventional salt treatments proved to be safer and more cost effective.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire remove filter
answering member printed Jesse Norman more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-09-13T10:49:05.803Zmore like thismore than 2017-09-13T10:49:05.803Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Jesse Norman more like this
tabling member
1200
label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight more like this