Representation by Kerstin Oloff
- Date submitted
- 7 February 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
as a researcher of environment and society, I am opposed to another new road project – the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC), a proposed six-lane, 22-kilometre motorway with a tunnel under the Thames near Gravesend – that would be every bit as damaging as the Silvertown Tunnel in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. The project is opposed by the Thames Crossing Action Group and most of the councils in the area. National Highways, the agency responsible for the LTC, currently estimate that it would add 6.6 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent (mtCO2e) during construction and use. The LTC is the largest project envisaged in part 2 of the government’s Road Investment Strategy (RIS2) for 2020-25. Transport for Quality of Life have shown that the plans, overall, will add 20 mtCO2e per year to transport sector emissions – while, to meet climate targets, they need to go down by 167 mtCO2e per year. Many thanks, Dr Kerstin Oloff