National Highways said the Lower Thames Crossing would help shift traffic away from Dartford.
Even those who don’t drive have heard the name Dartford Crossing, the huge bridge over the River Thames connecting the M25 to Essex and Kent.
Urgent calls have been made for a second crossing over the River Thames after traffic chaos at Dartford, labelled the UK’s ‘largest bottleneck on traffic.’.
The Lower Thames Crossing project has been in the pipeline since 2009, but it was delayed further in October when the government’s planning decision was pushed back until May 2025.
According to National Highways, an average of 150,000 vehicles a day use the tunnel and crossing – 20,000 more vehicles than it was originally built for.
