Month: March 2017

“Any announcement now would risk breaking purdah rules for the Kent County Council elections. It remains incredibly frustrating that the government are still delaying making a decision. “All the time a decision isn’t made, the uncertainty for residents and businesses continues, the congestion increases and the air pollution, now at

Rumours of a Lower Thames Crossing announcement coming out today appear to have been halted by yesterday’s terror attack. Earlier this week senior figures in both Dartford and Gravesham both confirmed they were expecting a decision in the coming days, with one claiming transport secretary Chris Grayling was due to

A letter has winged its way to the Transport Secretary as part of an 11th hour bid to have the new Lower Thames Crossing built east of Gravesend. The government is tipped to announce their decision on the location of the long-awaited crossing in the next week, and Dartford MP

Toxic air, unsafe water and and lack of sanitation cause the deaths of 1.7 million under-fives every year. Pollution is responsible for one in four deaths among all children under five, according to new World Health Organisation reports, with toxic air, unsafe water, and and lack of sanitation the leading

Pollution levels around the Dartford Crossing have been excluded from government air quality assessments because it was classed as a “rural” road, the BBC has discovered Despite carrying 50 million vehicles a year, the status meant nitrogen dioxide recordings were not reported to the EU. Consisting of the Dartford Tunnel

The government has been urged to make a decision on the third Thames crossing by business chiefs who say the indecision is hurting the county’s economy. A letter signed by the Port of Dover, the Federation of Small Businesses, the Freight Transport Association and the London Chamber of Commerce to

Speculation is growing that the government’s stance on the location of a new Thames crossing could be confirmed as early as next week. During Dartford council’s budget meeting on Monday night, leader Cllr Jeremy Kite (Con) said he had reason to believe that an announcement “was not very far away”,