The planned project, which the government hopes to start work on next year, includes the longest road tunnel in the UK.

The Lower Thames Crossing is aimed at reducing congestion on the Dartford Crossing with a new motorway-style road near Gravesend and Tilbury. It would connect the A2 and M2 in Kent to the A13 and M25 ...

Plans for a £9 billion road tunnel linking Kent and Essex have been formally approved by the government. The long-mooted Lower Thames Crossing, which would feature a 14.5-mile road including a 2. ...

The UK’s largest-ever road tunnel is set to be built after an £ ... application by National Highways for the 14.5-mile Lower Thames Crossing between Kent and Essex, the Planning Inspectorate ...

The largest road tunnel in the UK has been given the green light - after a £9billion plan was finally approved by the government. The proposed Lower Thames Crossing, which is set to run ...

LONDON, March 25 (Reuters) - Britain gave the green light on Tuesday to a new 10-billion-pound ($13 billion) road tunnel for the River Thames in southeast England, in its latest backing for an ...