1. Update from the Upminster & Cranham Residents’ Association April 2017
Lower Thames Crossing
Update from the Upminster & Cranham Residents’ Association
April 2017
Cllr Clarence Barrett

2. The Options for Location C

3. The Chosen Route is Location C (route 3)

4. Potential Land required to construct and operate the Lower Thames Crossing (North Ockendon Area)

5. Overall Potential Land required to construct and operate the Lower Thames Crossing (better detail of this map can be found at )

6. The Route
A bored tunnel crossing under the River Thames east of Gravesend and Tilbury
A new road north of the river which will join the M25 between junctions 29 and 30 at North Ockendon
A new road north of the river would run from a new free-flow point on the M25 between junctions 29 and 30 and connect to the tunnel via the A13
A new road south of the river which will join the A2 east of Gravesend (the Western Southern Link)
13 mile route
2 mile tunnel
Anticipated to be a Toll Road
Cost of up to £6.2bn
Completion in 2027

7. Time Line 2016 – Consultation attracts 47,000 responses
2016 – Location A (a crossing alongside the existing Dartford Crossing was the preferred choice of Havering Council and the Residents’ Association)
April 12th 2017 – Government Announcement of Preferred Route is Location C (route 3)
2017 to 2018 – Design, assessment & evaluation – there is still a long way to go on the detailed design
Late 2018 (estimated) – formal consultation
Completion

8. Useful Contacts/Information
Highways England
Upminster & Cranham Residents’ Association Website – dedicated page at
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