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 tunnels will be located to the east of Gravesend in Kent, and to the west of East Tilbury in Essex The largest road tunnel in the UK will be built after a £9bn plan was approved by the ...

Work on the Lower Thames Crossing has been ongoing since 2009. It would connect the A2 and M2 in Kent to the A13 and M25 in Essex via a 2.6-mile tunnel under the River Thames. Britain's biggest ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. The proposed £9 billion Lower Thames Crossing between Kent and Essex has been given the go ahead by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander ...

A £9bn road crossing between Kent and Essex has been given the go-ahead by the government. The Planning Inspectorate confirmed on Tuesday that transport secretary Heidi Alexander has approved a ...

Suffolk and Kent are both just a drive away ... of the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the Essex-Suffolk border. The surrounding fields are water meadows, where cattle and ...

Plans to upgrade a major tunnel under the Thames, which is used for vital electricity infrastructure between Kent and Essex, have been approved. The Grain to Tilbury project forms part of a ...

Sean Martell, National Highways head of service delivery for the South East, said: “Our job is to keep the country moving and Operation Brock helps us to do that during particularly busy periods at ...