Government approves £9bn Lower Thames Crossing

By Tom Lowe2025-03-25T12:49:00

Decision comes 16 years after scheme was first proposed

The government has finally approved the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing 16 years after the project was first proposed.

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander has signed off the project to build the UK’s longest road tunnels beneath the River Thames between Tilbury and Gravesend as part of a plan to reduce congestion on the Dartford Crossing.

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