Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 107579

Lower Thames Crossing: Public Finance

Tabled: 21 January 2026
Answered: 30 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether publicly funded works on the Lower Thames Crossing will commence after a Full Business Case has been produced and approved.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Publicly funded construction enabling works have already commenced north and south of the River Thames. These include ground works to create haul roads, construction of site compounds, utility works, ecological and archaeological works and extensive pre-c...

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