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Latest news from the press and media.

News Videos 

LTCA Presentation to Riverview Park Residents 22 Nov 2018

November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 robinbull 277 Views
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People all over Europe are asked for their views on Lower Thames Crossing as consultation reaches its halfway point

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 Editor 293 Views 0 Comments
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News 

Ashford MP calls on government to move forward with third Thames Crossing works

January 24, 2018January 24, 2018 Webmaster 856 Views Damian Green MP, lower thames crossing, Prime Minister's Questions
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LTCA Updates News 

LTCA MEETING WITH HIGHWAYS ENGLAND

January 18, 2018October 11, 2018 Webmaster 475 Views Adam Holloway, Highways England, Steering Committee

Representatives from LTCA, including Adam Holloway MP, Gravesham Councillors, Parish Councillors, and key local group representatives, met with representatives of

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Environment Health Pollution 

What is a safe distance to live or work near high auto emission roads?

December 29, 2017October 11, 2018 Webmaster 1250 Views
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News 

DCLG Press release: Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission priorities confirmed

December 23, 2017 Webmaster 544 Views

The priorities of the Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission, which include equipping people with the right skills and providing high

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Environment News 

Walk the North Kent Marshes – while the solitude lasts

December 21, 2017December 23, 2017 Webmaster 504 Views
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News 

Lower Thames Crossing finance ‘more complex than build’

December 11, 2017December 11, 2017 Webmaster 719 Views Highways
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Environment News 

RHS response to Highways England plans

December 11, 2017 Webmaster 645 Views Highways, lower thames crossing, RHS
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Alternative Transport News 

Proposed stops revealed for £600 million Kent and Essex tram

December 9, 2017December 12, 2017 Webmaster 381 Views
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Environment News Pollution 

UK government will face court hearing over toxic pollution

December 5, 2017December 23, 2017 Webmaster 613 Views
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News 

Lower Thames Crossing Association respond to Highways England claims

December 4, 2017December 4, 2017 Webmaster 350 Views
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News 

Gravesham Council deputy leaves cabinet post in Greenbelt protest

November 29, 2017December 3, 2017 Webmaster 442 Views David Turner, Gravesham Borough Council, greenbelt, Leslie Hills, lower thames crossing
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News Videos 

“Crossing Boost” BBC South East News

November 21, 2017November 24, 2017 Webmaster 418 Views
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Environment LTCA Updates Pollution 

Important air quality judgment handed down

November 9, 2017January 18, 2018 Webmaster 594 Views Air Quality, lower thames crossing, pollution
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Environment News Pollution 

Developer appeal quashed as importance of air quality is highlighted in court decision

November 6, 2017January 18, 2018 Webmaster 421 Views development, lower thames crossing, pollution
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News 

Outrage At Design Change To Lower Thames Crossing

November 3, 2017November 6, 2017 Webmaster 481 Views Highways, lower thames crossing
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LTCA Updates News 

LTCA Response to Highways England’s Latest Thinking

November 1, 2017January 18, 2018 Webmaster 395 Views A2, A226, Chalk, Highways, Riverview Park, Shorne, Thong
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LTCA Updates News 

HIGHWAYS ENGLAND’S LATEST THINKING

November 1, 2017January 18, 2018 Webmaster 503 Views
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Greenbelt in the Gravesend area could be under threat
Green Belt News 

Greenbelt threat as Gravesham council considers adding more homes

October 30, 2017November 6, 2017 Webmaster 483 Views greenbelt

Green belt land could be under threat as Gravesham Council considers building nearly 2,000 more homes following its latest housing projection.

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Stone henge and the LTC
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Highways chief seeks overseas bids as PF2 deals edge closer

October 27, 2017October 28, 2017 Webmaster 389 Views

Highways England’s boss has urged global construction giants to take advantage of new private finance opportunities in the UK, as

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Alternative Transport News 

£600m Kent-Essex tram system is on track says designer

October 26, 2017December 12, 2017 Webmaster 318 Views Ebbsfleet, Gordon Pratt, lower thames crossing, Tram
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Environment News Pollution 

Government set to face fresh legal challenge over air pollution crisis

October 18, 2017December 23, 2017 Webmaster 334 Views
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Andrew Baxter Europa Worldwide Group Managing Director
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Dartford Crossing campaign: Ban oversized and hazardous lorries says Europa Worldwide boss

October 10, 2017October 16, 2017 Webmaster 289 Views Dartford Crossing, Traffic
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Protesters against plans to build a Lower Thames Crossing east of Gravesend
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Lower Thames Crossing: ‘Scandalous’ consultation may have misled Government on amount of opposition, say campaigners

May 2, 2017October 29, 2017 Webmaster 304 Views

Campaigners fighting plans to build a Lower Thames Crossing where they live have lashed out at the “scandalous” handling of

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BBC One Inside Out south east
Dartford Crossing News Videos 

BBC Inside Out South East: Is air pollution at the Dartford Crossing affecting local residents?

April 22, 2017October 22, 2017 Webmaster 257 Views
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Chris Grayling MP
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Lower Thames Crossing ‘likely’ to be a toll road, says transport secretary Chris Grayling

April 13, 2017October 25, 2017 Webmaster 234 Views

The transport secretary has said it is ‘likely’ motorists will have to pay to use the £4.4billion Lower Thames Crossing,

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Richard Burnett, Road Haulage Association
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New Thames Crossing ‘could be obsolete’ – RHA

April 13, 2017October 25, 2017 Webmaster 308 Views
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BBC South East Today Adam Holloway MP
Dartford Crossing News Videos 

Adam Holloway: Disaster for the people of Dartford

April 13, 2017October 23, 2017 Webmaster 270 Views
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Cllr Jeremy Kite Dartford Borough Council
News 

Lower Thames Crossing: How Kent reacted to Option C announcement

April 12, 2017October 25, 2017 Webmaster 255 Views

  Business chiefs and politicians from across Kent have been queuing up to offer their thoughts on today’s Lower Thames

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Dartford Crossing traffic
News 

Preferred Lower Thames Crossing To Be Announced

April 12, 2017October 25, 2017 Webmaster 240 Views

The preferred route for a new River Thames road crossing will be confirmed by the Government today. Highways England announced

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Port of Tilbury sign
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Port of Tilbury backs new Thames Crossing decision (and calls for new junction)

April 12, 2017October 25, 2017 Webmaster 240 Views

THE Port of Tilbury, London’s major port and the closest significant transport operation to the proposed new motorway and tunnel,

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LTC south portal
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Transport Secretary Chris Grayling arriving in Dartford as Lower Thames Crossing confirmed for east of Gravesend

April 12, 2017October 25, 2017 Webmaster 369 Views
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Queen Elizebeth II Bridge
News 

Long-awaited Lower Thames Crossing announcement now expected in the summer

March 28, 2017October 25, 2017 Webmaster 220 Views

“Any announcement now would risk breaking purdah rules for the Kent County Council elections. It remains incredibly frustrating that the

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LTC south portal
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UPDATE: Westminster terror attack appears to delay Lower Thames Crossing announcement

March 23, 2017October 26, 2017 Webmaster 213 Views

Rumours of a Lower Thames Crossing announcement coming out today appear to have been halted by yesterday’s terror attack. Earlier

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Motorway
News 

Case for tripling roads budget based on wishful thinking, say campaigners

March 20, 2017October 26, 2017 Webmaster 227 Views
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Gareth Johnson MP for Dartford
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Dartford MP Gareth Johnson and council leader Jeremy Kite desperate to have new Lower Thames Crossing built east of Gravesend

March 15, 2017October 25, 2017 Webmaster 229 Views

A letter has winged its way to the Transport Secretary as part of an 11th hour bid to have the

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Pollution responsible for quarter of deaths of young children
Environment News Pollution 

Pollution responsible for quarter of deaths of young children, says WHO

March 7, 2017December 23, 2017 Webmaster 307 Views

Toxic air, unsafe water and and lack of sanitation cause the deaths of 1.7 million under-fives every year. Pollution is

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Cllr Keith Kelly Dartford Borough Council
Environment News Pollution 

Dartford Crossing excluded from pollution assessments

March 6, 2017December 23, 2017 Webmaster 352 Views

Pollution levels around the Dartford Crossing have been excluded from government air quality assessments because it was classed as a

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BBC Radio Kent logo
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Decision Awaited: BBC Radio Kent

March 2, 2017October 26, 2017 Webmaster 210 Views
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LTC south portal
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Kent officials attack Lower Thames Crossing decision delay

March 2, 2017October 26, 2017 Webmaster 223 Views

The government has been urged to make a decision on the third Thames crossing by business chiefs who say the

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Cllr Jeremy Kite Dartford Borough Council
News 

News awaited over location of Lower Thames Crossing

March 2, 2017October 26, 2017 Webmaster 195 Views

Speculation is growing that the government’s stance on the location of a new Thames crossing could be confirmed as early

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QEII Bridge
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Figures show the Dartford crossing has been at least part-closed once every three days in the last year

March 24, 2016October 14, 2017 Webmaster 216 Views Dartford Crossing, Thurrock, Traffic
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News Option A14 News 

Former civil engineer has an alternative Option A for the lower Thames Crossing, and it’s supported by Gravesham’s council leader

March 7, 2016October 22, 2017 Webmaster 202 Views
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Quick improvements to Dartford crossing promised by Highways England

March 2, 2016October 15, 2017 Webmaster 226 Views Dartford Crossing, Traffic

Quick improvements to the Dartford crossing are being promised with new traffic lights and road markings. An agreement between Highways England

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News Our Concerns 

Disappointment at Thames crossing announcement

January 1, 1970October 15, 2017 robinbull 243 Views

CPRE Kent has said it is disappointed at the Government’s decision to press ahead with a hugely damaging new Thames crossing east

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LTCA UpdatesView All

A guide to completing the Consultation Questionnaire
Featured Information LTCA Updates 

A guide to completing the Consultation Questionnaire

November 11, 2018 Webmaster 0
Letter to Paul Carter CBE Leader Kent County Council
Correspondence Featured LTCA Updates 

Letter to Paul Carter CBE Leader Kent County Council

October 30, 2018 Bob Lane 0
Highways England Public Information Events
LTCA Updates Statutory Consultation 2018 

Highways England Public Information Events

October 17, 2018 robinbull 0
PRESS RELEASE – Now we’re getting a Superhighway!
Featured LTCA Press Releases LTCA Updates 

PRESS RELEASE – Now we’re getting a Superhighway!

October 11, 2018 robinbull 0

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What is a safe distance to live or work near high auto emission roads?
Environment Health Pollution 

What is a safe distance to live or work near high auto emission roads?

December 29, 2017 Webmaster Comments Off on What is a safe distance to live or work near high auto emission roads?
UK government will face court hearing over toxic pollution
Environment News Pollution 

UK government will face court hearing over toxic pollution

December 5, 2017 Webmaster Comments Off on UK government will face court hearing over toxic pollution
Important air quality judgment handed down
Environment LTCA Updates Pollution 

Important air quality judgment handed down

November 9, 2017 Webmaster 0
Developer appeal quashed as importance of air quality is highlighted in court decision
Environment News Pollution 

Developer appeal quashed as importance of air quality is highlighted in court decision

November 6, 2017 Webmaster Comments Off on Developer appeal quashed as importance of air quality is highlighted in court decision
Government set to face fresh legal challenge over air pollution crisis
Environment News Pollution 

Government set to face fresh legal challenge over air pollution crisis

October 18, 2017 Webmaster Comments Off on Government set to face fresh legal challenge over air pollution crisis
Pollution responsible for quarter of deaths of young children, says WHO
Environment News Pollution 

Pollution responsible for quarter of deaths of young children, says WHO

March 7, 2017 Webmaster 0
Dartford Crossing excluded from pollution assessments
Environment News Pollution 

Dartford Crossing excluded from pollution assessments

March 6, 2017 Webmaster Comments Off on Dartford Crossing excluded from pollution assessments
Pollution
Information Pollution 

Pollution

January 1, 2016 Webmaster Comments Off on Pollution

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About LTCA

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The Lower Thames Crossing Association (LTCA) is a non-political, not-for-profit organisation established to benefit the communities impacted by the proposed Lower Thames Crossing.



In particular its objectives are:-

  • to oppose Lower Thames Crossing options which are to the detriment of the environment and communities of north Kent,
  • to promote Lower Thames Crossing solutions which provide maximum relief from traffic congestion and pollution, and
  • to promote measures to mitigate the adverse impacts of the final crossing option selected.

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  • People all over Europe are asked for their views on Lower Thames Crossing as consultation reaches its halfway point
  • A guide to completing the Consultation Questionnaire
  • Letter to Paul Carter CBE Leader Kent County Council
  • PRESS RELEASE: CAMPAIGNERS SLAM LOWER THAMES CROSSING PLANS

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