Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 68915

Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls

Tabled: 17 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025
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Question

Jen Craft

LabourThurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2025 to Question 65933 on Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls, on what evidential basis her Department expects there to be fewer car journeys due to higher charges on that crossi

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
Our assessment of the impact on demand at the Dartford Crossing from changing the charges applied there drew on existing modelling work, including the Lower Thames Area Model, the National Trip End Model and National Road Traffic Projections.