Stephen Metcalfe MP meets Road Minister
Stephen Metcalfe MP (South Basildon and East Thurrock) today (1st Feb 2023) pressed his ongoing concerns about the Lower Thames
Read moreStephen Metcalfe MP (South Basildon and East Thurrock) today (1st Feb 2023) pressed his ongoing concerns about the Lower Thames
Read moreThurrock Council’s LTC Task Force Chair, Cllr Fraser Massey put forward a motion on the LTC to Full Council on
Read moreNational Highways have announced a series of LTC community events in February 2023 at various locations. These events are supposed
Read moreWe may still be near the beginning of a New Year, but TCAG have already been busy with media coverage
Read moreThe Planning Inspectorate (PINS) have now launched the period to register as an Interested Party for the Lower Thames Crossing
Read moreThe Department for Transport (DfT) have today published the long awaited Lower Thames Crossing Accounting Officer Assessment. Accounting Officer Assessments
Read moreThe LTC DCO Examination Library detailing the many documents associated with the DCO process has been published. Whereas with the
Read moreThe long awaited Environment Act targets have finally been set out by Government. When the Act was passed it included
Read moreThe National Audit Office (NAO) is the UK’s independent public spending watchdog, they support Parliament in holding government to account.
Read moreThe Planning Inspectorate have announced that the Lower Thames Crossing DCO Inspectors have been appointed. On the 2nd of December
Read moreNew Civil Engineer (NCE) have reported that a National Highways boss has said there won’t be a Lower Thames Crossing
Read moreThe Planning Inspectorate (PINS) have today (Mon 28th Nov 2022) announced that the 2022 LTC DCO application has been accepted
Read moreThe Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has announced that the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is to be expanded London-wide
Read moreOur Government have committed to Net Zero, the Climate Change Committee have stated that “New roads should only be built
Read moreAs well as concerns that it would be hugely destructive and harmful, one of the other main reasons that we
Read moreThurrock MP, Jackie Doyle-Price has written to the Transport Secretary, Mark Harper MP saying that the proposed Lower Thames Crossing
Read moreThames Crossing Action Group have submitted an updated Inadequacies of LTC Consultation representation, following National Highways second attempt to resubmit
Read moreThames Crossing Action Group are proud to be part of the conservation coalition who have recently sent a joint letter
Read moreNational Highways have just announced that the LTC Development Consent Order (DCO) was resubmitted yesterday Mon 31st October 2022, for
Read moreThe proposed Lower Thames Crossing would have a big impact on bats, and some locations that would be impacted have
Read moreThe October 2022 LTC Task Force meeting took place on Mon 17th October. This meeting acted as the rescheduled September
Read moreIt’s been a couple of years since National Highways originally attempted to submit the Lower Thames Crossing(LTC) Development Consent Order
Read moreThis LTC DCO Updates Index 2022/23 will be added to as things progress, and we hope you will find it
Read moreWe often talk about the impacts to north and south of the River Thames, but what about the impacts of
Read moreWe attended a great Woodland Trust LTC event on Weds 13th July 2022. As well as members of the TCAG
Read moreThe Climate Change Committee (CCC) issued its 2022 Progress report to Parliament on Weds 29th June 2022. The report is
Read moreIt’s hardly surprising that with such a hugely destructive and harmful project like the proposed Lower Thames Crossing that National
Read moreShared below is the TCAG LTC Local Refinement Consultation response, which was submitted on Monday 20th June 2022.
Read moreThe June 2022 LTC Task Force meeting took part on Mon 20th June. TCAG’s Chair, Laura was in virtual attendance.
Read moreLet’s take a quick look at the Lower Thames Crossing project objectives. (Listed on page 10 of the Local Refinement
Read moreThe Government’s Public Accounts Committee examines the value for money of Government projects, programmes and service delivery. Drawing on the
Read moreIn the LTC Local Refinement Consultation (2022) National Highways sneakily moved the location of the eastern section of the LTC
Read moreTCAG were invited to speak on Ben Fryer‘s show on BBC Essex Radio on the 7th of June 2022 to
Read moreNitrogen deposition features in the latest Lower Thames Crossing Local Refinement Consultation. In easier terms this is when vehicles emit
Read moreNational Highways have announced some changes to some areas of the routes, including some changes to the depth of the
Read moreBack in 2009 the Department for Transport (DfT) carried out a study of route options for a new crossing. Due
Read moreIf the proposed Lower Thames Crossing / A13 junctions were to go ahead, it would see a huge negative impact
Read moreAt the Community Impacts Consultation in 2021 National Highways added what they call two new ‘parks’ to the proposed LTC
Read moreBack in Feb 2022 we published an update questioning whether National Highways were going to be proposing some kind of
Read moreLower Thames Crossing maps (issued 12th May 2022) by National Highways as part of the Local Refinement Consultation documentation. The
Read moreAs we all know there are already teams of people working on the proposals for the proposed Lower Thames Crossing
Read moreWe have sent a letter to DfT on changes to road project funding guidelines. The Department for Transport (DfT) wrote
Read moreTCAG have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP to ask him to call upon the National
Read moreThe Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) Strategy and Enforcement Policy Consultation ran between 25th Jan and 22nd March. Considering the
Read moreNational Highways have today (15th March 2022) announced that they will be holding a Lower Thames Crossing ‘Local Refinement Consultation’.
Read moreWhen it comes to the proposed LTC there are many issues for walkers, cyclists, and horse riders. There also appears
Read moreThere are more than 3000 incidents per year at the Dartford Crossing, which as we all know often sees long
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