Transport secretary Heidi Alexander last month confirmed that private finance would be used on the Lower Thames Crossing, a ...

‘For far too long governments have dodged making a decision on the Lower Thames Crossing leaving Dartford residents to endure endless gridlock. ‘Now under this Labour Government, the new ...

The planned project, which the government hopes to start work on next year, includes the longest road tunnel in the UK.

The Lower Thames Crossing application has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Transport.

The Lower Thames Crossing is aimed at reducing congestion on the Dartford Crossing with a new motorway-style road. It would connect the A2 and M2 in Kent to the A13 and M25 in Essex via a 2.6-mile ...

The Silvertown tunnel has been opened with new charges applying to drivers using the new Thames crossing and the Blackwall ...

The Silvertown tunnel connects Silvertown with Greenwich Peninsula, running under the River Thames. | ITV News London ...

Plans for the 14.3-mile road crossing between Kent and Essex have been plagued with delays and spiralling budgets. The total cost of the project has surged from estimates of between £5.3bn and £6.8bn ...

The UK’s largest road infrastructure project in a generation has been given the green light, as the Secretary of State for ...

This story was written with AI assistance from Who is? Contractors building the roads serving the Lower Thames Crossing have ...

A map shows where the new Lower Thames Crossing will be built after the plans were given a green light (Picture: Metro) The project has been in the pipeline since 2009. But it was delayed in ...