New images have been released by National Highways highlighting how the Lower Thames Crossing could look like in a few years ...

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New images of the future Lower Thames Crossing have been released as the main construction of the £10bn project moves closer.

It would connect the A2 and M2 in Kent to the A13 and M25 in Essex via a 2.6-mile tunnel under the Thames, which would be the UK’s longest road tunnel. National Highways previously said the plan ...

The Lower Thames Crossing, a new road linking Kent and Essex, is one of Britain's leading economic infrastructure projects.

The 14 mile project was first proposed in 2009, and would connect Kent and Essex through a road and tunnel beneath the River Thames to reduce congestion. Campaigners have reacted angrily to the ...

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 ...

Conservationists have criticised plans for a new road tunnel under the Thames which they say will destroy “irreplaceable” ancient woodland and harm wildlife. National Highways says the Lower ...

More than a million trees will be planted as part of a new road tunnel scheme under the River Thames, Government roads agency National Highways has said. A community woodland and two public parks ...