Lower Thames Crossing27 Dec 2025Highways spends £50m buying Thames Crossing housesBut National Highways also receives £5m in rental payments from the properties it has purchased.27 Dec 20253 Dec 2025Lower Thames Crossing tunnelling 'to begin in 2028'The boring machine used to build a new road between Essex and Kent is 16 metres wide.3 Dec 20251 Dec 2025MP writes to chancellor over closed ferry crossingJen Craft wants to see the return of a crossing that links Essex and Kent over the River Thames.1 Dec 202526 Nov 2025Lower Thames Crossing gets extra £891m in BudgetIn her Budget, the chancellor describes infrastructure as "the backbone of economic growth". 26 Nov 202529 Oct 2025Skills hub opens to deliver Lower Thames CrossingNational Highways says the training programme aims to tackle skills shortage in construction.29 Oct 202515 Oct 2025Crossing revenue could fund ferry service, MP saysGravesham MP says the closure of the Gravesend-Tilbury ferry has had an impact on the local economy.15 Oct 20254 Sep 2025Call for new Thames Crossing to fund ferry serviceTwo MPs say revenue from the new tunnel should be used to support the return of the ferry.4 Sep 202519 Aug 2025Lower Thames Crossing to use new environmental schemeThe project is set to link Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent with two tunnels.19 Aug 202512 Jul 2025Where are the next big road schemes for the East of England?The Department for Transport has confirmed four big road schemes for the region, but what is next in the pipeline?12 Jul 2025...
