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‘Lower Thames crossing will ruin our Thurrock village’

The new Lower Thames Crossing would be set further east from the current bottleneck at Dartford, connecting the A2 and M2 in Kent with the A13 and M25 in Essex via a new tunnel.

It would arrive in Essex east of Tilbury and loop round marshland and villages like Orsett Heath before connecting to major roads.

Thurrock Council has urged the government to use the delay to consider the “impact” the new road would have.

Council leader John Kent said: “These current plans would do nothing to improve congestion locally or regionally and would add little capacity to the national strategic road network.

“They would, however, cut Thurrock in two, severing communities, bring huge amounts of pollution to the borough, but bring no discernible benefits for local people.”

A statement from Transport Secretary, Louise Haigh, said the delay was “to allow more time for the application to be considered further, including any decisions made as part of the spending review”.


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