Work on the project has been ongoing since 2009, and more than £800 million of taxpayers' money has been spent on planning ...

Symbol of Britain's sclerotic planning system' finally gets green light after years of delays – but at what cost for locals ...

The UK government has granted planning permission for National Highways' Lower Thames Crossing project, an infrastructure ...

On 25 March 2025, the UK’s secretary of state for transport, Heidi Alexander MP, granted development consent for the Lower ...

Ministers have given the go-ahead to the £10bn Lower Thames Crossing road tunnel, one of the most expensive infrastructure ...

The government has given planning permission for the Lower Thames Crossing project today (25 March), in a move aimed at ...

Plans for a £9 billion road that would pass beneath the River Thames, linking Kent and Essex via a 2.6-mile tunnel, have been ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has approved a development consent order application by National Highways for the new ...

The proposed £9 billion Lower Thames Crossing between Kent and Essex has been given the go ahead by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, ...