Options for a new Lower Thames Crossing

This consultation is designed to gather views on the preferred location for additional road-based river crossing capacity in the Lower Thames area.

Responses to this consultation will form part of the evidence base that government will use to make a decision on where to locate a new crossing.

The location options considered are:

• option A: at the site of the existing A282 Dartford-Thurrock crossing
• option B: connecting the A2 with the A1089
• option C: connecting the M2 with the A13 and the M25 between junctions 29 and 30
• option C variant: connecting the M2 with the A13 and the M25 between junctions 29 and 30, and additionally widening the A229 between the M2 and the M20

• Options for a new Lower Thames Crossing video
• Lower Thames Crossing model capability report
• Lower Thames Crossing design and costing report
• Lower Thames Crossing operating costs, maintenance costs and revenues report
• Central forecasts and sensitivity tests report
• Review of Lower Thames Crossing options: final review report