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17 May 2013 - Stakeholder feedback leads to improved design as latest consultation gets underway
27 April 2023 - An update on our planning application
10 March 2023 - Government commits to Lower Thames Crossing whilst construction slowed down by two years
02 February 2023 - Community update, February 2023
30 January 2023 - Community Fund launched
23 January 2023 - National Highways awards Balfour Beatty Lower Thames Crossing Roads North of the Thames contract
19 January 2023 - Join us at a Lower Thames Crossing community event this February
13 December - National Highways becomes first roads organisation in the world to achieve global carbon management standard
29 November - First trees planted at new community woodland in Essex
28 November - Lower Thames Crossing plans accepted for examination
16 November - First group of local graduates on the road to success
10 November - Lower Thames Crossing and South Essex councils provide superfast broadband network
18 October - Joining the Construction Leadership Council’s Co2nstruct Zero programme
12 October - Carbon Academy at heart of plans to futureproof skills
03 October - Lower Thames Crossing asks leading UK universities to ‘kick the tyres’ of carbon forecasts
09 August - New animation highlights Friday gridlock on the Dartford Crossing
18 July - Traffic CO2 estimate cut by 80%
28 June - One million tree target for the Lower Thames Crossing
23 June - Inventors and innovators
21 Jun - Local refinement consultation has now closed
12 May - New images released as new consultation begins
09 May - New consultation launches this week
26 April - Search for partner to build UK’s longest road tunnel
15 March - Community update - Spring 2022
15 March - Further consultation for Lower Thames Crossing
14 March - First major UK infrastructure project to use procurement to reduce carbon
24 February - Lower Thames Crossing a ‘pathfinder’ in move toward carbon neutral construction
15 February - New images show over 60km new or improved pathways
02 February - New community drop-in dates announced
02 December - Community update, Autumn 2021
11 November - New proposals to maximise Thames' shoreline
04 November - Local businesses given a head start as LTC sets plan to spend £1 in every £3 with SMEs
28 October -22,000 hours of volunteering to help local communities
27 October - Happy birthday to the QEII bridge
19 October - Local apprentices start work on the project
06 October - Commercial Partner award completes Lower Thames Crossing integrated client team
22 September - Shortlisted bidders on roads contracts announced
09 September - Community impacts consultation has now closed
05 September - Launch of new educational Minecraft games to inspire next generation
16 August - New data reveals Dartford Crossing carrying more food and goods than ever before
14 July - New consultation launches
23 June - New public consultation on plans to build and operate the Lower Thames Crossing
02 June - New community woodland to be created in Essex alongside Lower Thames Crossing route
07 April - Shortlisted bidders for Britain’s longest road tunnel
31 March - Partners sought to build £1.9 billion Lower Thames Crossing roads
18 March - Over 80% of local businesses support the Lower Thames Crossing
17 March - Community update - March 2021
11 March - Call to locals in search for first Lower Thames Crossing apprentices
04 March - Government plans to Build Back Better with the Lower Thames Crossing
03 March - Exciting opportunities with Freeports and the Lower Thames Crossing
03 February - Highways England awards Jacobs the Lower Thames Crossing Integration Partner contract
28 January - Lower Thames Crossing to give major jobs boost to 22,000 people in Kent and Essex
25 January - Lower Thames Crossing to feature in Channel Five programme 'The Thames with Tony Robinson'
11 January - SMEs across Kent and Essex sign up to get involved in the Lower Thames Crossing
20 November - An update on our Development Consent Order
11 November - Search for partner to build Britain’s longest road tunnel, begins
07 October - Community update - Autumn 2020
12 August - Design refinement consultation now closed
28 July - Launch of the Thames Estuary
14 July - Design refinement consultation now open
29 June - Design refinement consultation announcement
31 March - Covid-19: Site works on the Lower Thames Crossing
24 March - Supplementary consultation update
19 March - Supplementary consultation - extended
16 March - Supplementary consultation events - update
03 February - Upcoming Supply Chain School events
23 January - Supplementary consultation now open