Representation by Pat Baker
- Date submitted
- 21 January 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The lower Thames crossing is the most environmentally damaging most expensive route. Thousands of acres of ancient woodland prime agricultural land and green belt will put at risk with devastating results on wildlife. The Lower Thames crossing will not solve the problems at the Dartford crossing the Dartford crossing will remain over capacity. The Lower Thames crossing comes close to school playing fields recreational grounds highly populated areas and will pump thousands of tonnes of carbons into the atmosphere .No other options have been considered since 2016 without the M25 being completed the congestion at dartford can’t be solved.The Lower Thames crossing will create a bottle neck on the A2 by reducing it to just two lanes at cobham .In my opinion option C is the only way ancient woodland green belt prime agricultural land can be accessed for future development which is very concerning. The Lower Thames crossing is definitely the most expensive environmentally damaging the longest construction time , won’t be completed until at least 2037 and won’t solve its original objective. Once it’s gone it’s gone hopefully common sense will prevail.