Lower Thames Crossing planning re-submission likely to be April
A revised planning bid for the Lower Thames Crossing is now expected to be resubmitted in April 2021, according to reports. Matt Palmer, executive director for the Lower Thames Crossing project, has since sought to reassure residents and motorists in Kent and Essex challenged by existing traffic problems that the project was still going ahead […]
Lower Thames Crossing could emit 5m tonnes of Co2 over 60 years says report
The Lower Thames Crossing could create five million tonnes of carbon dioxide, figures from a Freedom of Information request have said. Estimates suggest the building programme will produce twomillion tonnes of carbon dioxide while traffic created by the road is expected to emit another 3.2 million tonnes over 60 years, a report by the BBC […]
Lower Thames planning application is withdrawn
The planning application for the Lower Thames Crossing has been withdrawn by Highways England, the organisation has said. Highways England said the move has been made after ‘early feedback’ from the Planning Inspectorate. It was expected to make a decision on the application on Friday but it was withdrawn before. Now Highways England is expected […]
HE applies for Lower Thames Crossing planning permission
Highways England has officially logged its application to build the new Lower Thames crossing linking Essex and Kent to the east of the Dartford Crossing. This application has been received by the Planning Inspectorate and documents will be made available if the application is accepted for examination. The Planning Inspectorate website details how the Lower […]
Calls for people in Medway to be spared LTC charge
People living in the Medway area of Kent should be exempt from paying tolls on the new Lower Thames Crossing, according to a group of councillors. KentOnline reports that the Labour and Co-op group on Medway Borough Council have submitted the idea as part of the consultation into the new tunnel east of the Dartford […]
Council challenges HE over toll “betrayal”
Officials at the East London council Havering has written to the Transport Secretary demanding Highways England reverse a decision not to offer its residents a discount on the future Lower Thames Crossing toll. The council says Highways England had previously promised the council that Havering residents would qualify for a reduction on the toll charge […]