Question follow-through · 14200
Lower Thames Crossing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the benefit-cost ratio of the Lower Thames Crossing scheme.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 29 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the benefit-cost ratio of the Lower Thames Crossing scheme.
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Lower Thames Crossing will connect Kent and Essex, almost doubling road capacity across the Thames east of London. This will improve journeys and ease the significant congestion at the Dartford Crossing, which currently causes unreliable journey times...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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