Representation by Mike Peters
- Date submitted
- 10 January 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Myself and my family are regular motorists travelling from Kent to south Essex for family reasons (and returning), often undertaking a journey in both directions on the same day. We use the existing Dartford Crossing, which in our experiences over the past 20 years or so, is more often (very often) heavily congested in both directions for large parts of the day. This results in delays, and has often added at least an extra hour to our journey times in each direction. The resultant impact of the delays at the Dartford Crossing on ground and air pollution, noise levels, the economy, and additional use of fuel in continuous 'stop-start' traffic, is making the Dartford crossing increasingly unpleasant and untenable. The proposed new Lower Thames Crossing is well designed, has numerous high grade mitigation measures and advanced environmental, landscape and open space improvements. On this basis, in my opinion, it deserves full support.