Extra £174m earmarked for ‘spiralling’ bill for Lower Thames Crossing

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Extra £174m earmarked for ‘spiralling’ bill for Lower Thames Crossing

Ministers have earmarked more than £170m extra to help build the Lower Thames Crossing road tunnel , fuelling concerns over the “spiralling” costs of one of the UK’s largest planned infrastructure …

Ministers have earmarked more than £170m extra to help build the Lower Thames Crossing road tunnel , fuelling concerns over the “spiralling” costs of one of the UK’s largest planned infrastructure projects. The proposed £11bn route under the Thames between Kent and Essex is already estimated to cost more each mile than the HS2 high-speed rail link from London to Birmingham. …

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