Lower Thames Crossing

Lower Thames Crossing planning approved but funding still uncertain

25/03/2025

The Government has given planning permission for National Highways’ A122 Lower Thames Crossing project - estimated to cost upwards of £9bn.

Lower Thames Crossing: National Highways given deadline for updated funding statement

07/02/2025

National Highways has to provide a revised funding statement for the Lower Thames Crossing by 27 February, following the chancellor's announcement that the Government is exploring private finance options.

Reeves backs 'desperately needed' Thames tunnel

29/01/2025

The chancellor has revealed that she is exploring private finance options for the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing.

First look: Low-carbon footbridges to the future unveiled

10/12/2024

National Highways has unveiled the five designs that have been shortlisted for its Lower Thames Crossing low-carbon footbridge contest.

DfT calls for more cuts to Thames tunnel emissions

14/11/2024

The Department for Transport has asked National Highways to set out 'further' measures to reduce the carbon emissions resulting from the Lower Thames Crossing.

£15bn RIS 2 overrun 'will swamp RIS 3'

28/08/2024

A 'very long tail' of projects from the current Road Investment Strategy will dominate the next strategy amid plans to focus more on maintenance and renewals, a top official from Parliament’s spending watchdog has said.

National Highways launches low carbon bridge footbridge competition

23/07/2024

National Highways has launched a competition for innovative footbridge designs as part of its low carbon ‘pathfinder’ project.

Election puts back RIS 3 and Lower Thames Crossing decisions

28/05/2024

Ministers have shelved the publication of the draft Road Investment Strategy 2025-30 and postponed the planning decision for the £10bn Lower Thames Crossing, following last week’s announcement of a general election in July.

Exclusive: National Highways bans offsets for carbon pledges on Lower Thames Crossing

10/01/2024

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 contract

07/12/2023

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 doubt

21/09/2023

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 2020

21/07/2023

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 build

15/06/2023

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 carbon

27/04/2023

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 questioning

24/01/2023

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 deal

23/01/2023

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 dispute

09/01/2023

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 design

09/01/2023

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.

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