The government has given the green light to a new 14-mile road and tunnel to connect Kent with Essex below the Thames. It’s hoped the massive new project will relieve pressure on the Dartford ...

TRANSPORT Action Network (TAN) [1] has calculated that the cost of the delays caused by constructing the Lower Thames ‘smart’ ...

The proposed Lower Thames Crossing, which is set to run underneath the River Thames, between Kent and Essex has been given the go ahead by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, the Planning ...

The Lower Thames Crossing would link Tilbury, Essex, and Gravesend in Kent by two tunnels running underneath the River Thames. National Highways hoped the road would reduce traffic at the Dartford ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. More than one-third of the £1.2bn spent on the proposed Lower Thames Crossing near London has gone towards ...

Thurrock Residential Developers’ Partnership (TRDP) hosted a planning and placemaking workshop at South Essex Colleges ...

The Planning Inspectorate said the Cabinet minister has approved a development consent order application by National Highways for the 14.5-mile Lower Thames Crossing. Work on the project has been ...

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Britain's biggest road scheme has been given the green light by the government - 16 years after work on the £9bn crossing began. The Planning Inspectorate said the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) - a 14.5 ...