Representation by John Prescott
- Date submitted
- 11 January 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The development of the Lower Thames Crossing is essential now to ease congestion and shorten vital journey times between East Anglia in the north and Kent, Sussex and the Channel ports and Channel Tunnel. Even if LTC is built in the shortest possible time frame, the existing single road link – Dartford Crossing – will be impossibly congested 20 hours a day, thus negatively affecting livelihoods of drivers and other users, the UK economy, and UK productivity. LTC should be given the fastest possible approval so that work can begin immediately on this vital national infrastructure.