With New Civil Engineer's expert reporting, Engineers on the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) are expecting to get notice to proceed construction with largest diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM) in Europe in August 2026,...

A decision on the Lower Thames Crossing is to be delayed by six months because of the general election. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clww4xdpgl8o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y5g264PojA The Lower Thames Crossing is a Pathfinder project exploring low carbon construction, and is committed to raising awareness amongst its workforce of the costs and impacts of carbon dioxide National...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y5g264PojA Lower Thames Crossing delivery team complete as Bouygues Travaux Publics – Murphy awarded tunnelling contract Low-carbon bid from Bouygues Travaux Publics – Murphy Joint Venture (BMJV)...

More than £800 million of taxpayers money has been spent on the Lower Thames Crossing before a spade has even hit the ground. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lower-thames-crossing-planning-cost-800-million-2023-md6j8z6sp

Construction of tunnel under Stonehenge and Lower Thames Crossing under the river hit by delays and cost overruns. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/01/major-road-expansion-schemes-face-delay-axe-funding-pressure/

Balfour Beatty awarded £1.2 billion Lower Thames Crossing contract 23 January 2023 Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has been awarded a £1.2 billion contract by National Highways to...

From New Civil Engineer, Senior Department for Transport (DfT) and National Highways officials signed off on a key assessment of the Lower Thames Crossing's costs despite it containing figures that are two years out of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jufC1teUcc4 The planning process is likely to take around 18 months including 6 months of examination Today (28 November 2022), the Government’s independent planning authority, the Planning Inspectorate,...

A coalition of conservation groups want Transport Secretary Mark Harper to rethink the Lower Thames Crossing plan. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-63548389

A year after shortlisting three teams to build the £2.3bn Lower Thames Crossing tunnel, National Highways has now invited them to ‘participate in...

National Highways has announced a short consultation on six changes to its proposed Lower Thames Crossing. https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/six-changes-to-lower-thames-crossing-plans-go-out-to-consultation-16-03-2022/

The £1.9bn investment covers two contracts – one for roads north of the Thames in Essex and a second for roads south of the river in...

National Highways has set itself the target of making the £8bn Lower Thames Crossing a carbon neutral project, even if it has to plant a forest of trees in Brazil to get...

Covers also the Lower Thames Crossing tunnel project. https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/key-decisions-expected-on-hs2-stonehenge-tunnel-and-lower-thames-crossing-early-in-2022-04-01-2022/

Highways Englands announces that the following construction and engineering companies will be invited to tender with National Highways, which is the next stage in the contract tender process: Kent Roads (Lot 1)     BFV JV;...

Campaigners claim the UK governmentis making a mockery of its own net zero carbon emissions targets by targeting infrastructure projects like the Lower Thames Crossing and Stonehenge, a.o., in its 10 year construction...

Changes have been made in regard to traffic management, air quality control, noise and vibration, as well as the impact of the new crossing on the environment and...

Highways England releases the following: Better access to jobs, two new public parks, and 46km of new and improved public paths feature in our new public consultation on the impact of the proposed Lower Thames Crossing launched today (Wednesday...

The Lower Thames Crossing, which could be completed by 2029, https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/lower-thames-crossing-new-images-5650123