Exclusive: National Highways bans offsets for carbon pledges on Lower Thames Crossing10/01/2024 National Highways has clarified that contractors building its huge £9bn Lower Thames Crossing project will not be permitted to engage in offsetting in order to meet their contractual carbon limits. |
Thames tunnel carbon pledges 'not watertight'12/12/2023 National Highways has refused to disclose the penalties that contractors would pay if they breached contract clauses it says are central to ‘ensuring’ that the Lower Thames Crossing meets new carbon limits. |
Lower Thames Crossing team complete with award of £1.34bn tunnels contract07/12/2023 A Bouygues Travaux Publics – Murphy Joint Venture (BMJV) has won a £1.34bn contract to build the country’s largest bored tunnels as part of the Lower Thames Crossing project. |
Sunak's EV delays puts LTC carbon claims in doubt21/09/2023 A major plank to the carbon emissions case for the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) has been thrown into doubt following prime minister Rishi Sunak's delay on banning petrol and diesel vehicles until 2035. |
Carbon cut claims in £450m LTC award date back to 202021/07/2023 National Highways has announced Skanska as the preferred bidder for the Kent Roads contract on the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) project, but has confirmed that a 30% cut in projected carbon emission under the £450m contract brings emissions to the level it has already stated to be current best practice. |
Low carbon hydrogen sought for Thames tunnel build15/06/2023 National Highways is seeking a supplier of low carbon hydrogen for contractors on the planned £9bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC), with the aim of displacing more than a third of the diesel forecast to be used on the scheme’s construction. |
LTC 'pathfinder' may play catch-up on carbon27/04/2023 National Highways has insisted that the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing still has a ‘vital’ role as a pathfinder project for low carbon construction, despite its start date being put back by two years, but has said the delay may see the scheme adopting techniques developed elsewhere. |
Thames Tunnel carbon claims fade under questioning24/01/2023 The proposed £9bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) is facing new accusations of greenwashing after both National Highways and a major contractor rowed back on bold claims about the impact that new construction techniques will have on carbon emissions. |
Balfour scoops £1.2bn Thames tunnel roads deal23/01/2023 National Highways has awarded Balfour Beatty a contract worth around £1.2bn on the controversial Lower Thames Crossing project. |
DfT embroiled in Thames Tunnel business case dispute09/01/2023 The Department for Transport (DfT) has denied misleading its own ministers about the worsening value for money of the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) after it used figures that were two years out of date in its accounting assessment. |
Lower Thames Crossing fly-through video released showing latest design09/01/2023 National Highways has released a 'fly-through' video of the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) under the new design that the government’s planning authority will examine. |
Council warns against 'outer M25 by stealth'04/01/2023 Thurrock Council has urged residents to register to comment on the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC), which it warns could be more expensive per mile than HS2, as part of an examination by planning inspectors this year. |
Thames Tunnel carbon emissions up by 25%08/12/2022 The projected climate impact of the Lower Thames Crossing is approximately 25% higher than anticipated in National Highways' abortive planning application two years ago, documents submitted for its new application show. |
Lower Thames Crossing planning application passes first hurdle02/12/2022 The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has accepted the National Highways planning application for the Lower Thames Crossing for consideration, marking a key step forward for the multi-billion pound scheme. |
Two years on, National Highways puts in LTC planning bid02/11/2022 National Highways has submitted a new planning application for the £8bn Lower Thames Crossing project – two years after it had to withdraw its first application. |
Academics to provide LTC carbon 'assurance'07/10/2022 National Highways has hired a network of UK universities to provide ‘assurance’ over its carbon claims for the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC). |
LTC 'greenwashing' row over claims of 80% emissions cut19/07/2022 The climate impact from traffic using the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) will be 80% lower if the Government’s ambitions for electric vehicles are realised, National Highways has said. |
Gravesham joins tunnel transparency critics12/07/2022 The council for the area of Kent earmarked for the south portal of the planned Lower Thames Crossing has joined criticism of National Highways for a lack of candour over its environmental impact. |
Thames tunnel 'costly for marginal gains'01/06/2022 The planned Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) will encourage large numbers of people to make car journeys that were previously not possible while making a minimal impact on traffic levels at the Dartford Crossing, a local authority has said. |
Thames tunnel in new greenwashing controversy18/05/2022 As part of an ongoing investigation into developers' claims to be reducing the impact of their schemes on the climate, Chris Ames reveals new concerns about National Highways' assertions that it is cutting carbon emissions from the proposed Lower Thames Crossing. |
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