Question follow-through · 120591
Lower Thames Crossing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long before the commencement of publicly funded works on the Lower Thames Crossing will the Full Business Case be published.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 20 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long before the commencement of publicly funded works on the Lower Thames Crossing will the Full Business Case be published.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Mar 2026
Answer published
Construction enabling works for the Lower Thames Crossing have now begun on both sides of the River Thames. Ground works are underway to create haul roads and site compounds. Site compounds are under construction and utility works have commenced with conn...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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