{"id":1445,"date":"2016-11-30T08:37:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T08:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2016-11-29T14:43:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T14:43:51","slug":"michael-pushes-for-new-thames-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1445","title":{"rendered":"Michael Pushes for New Thames Crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1446\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1446\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1446\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1446 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/1453822143_tunnels.jpg\" alt=\"The potential tunnel approach in Kent (Highways England, OGL)\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/1453822143_tunnels.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/1453822143_tunnels-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/1453822143_tunnels-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The potential tunnel approach in Kent (Highways England, OGL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Michael has called on the Government to announce its decision on a new Lower Thames Crossing.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to the Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling MP, Michael\u00a0has pressed for urgent progress following the consultation conducted by Highways England earlier this year.\u00a0 With no announcement on the proposal in last week\u2019s Autumn Statement and increasing pressure on the Dartford Crossing, Michael believes a decision is urgently required so that building can commence on the project as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Michael\u00a0supports the easternmost route, option C, which was recommended by Highways England in its consultation.\u00a0 This route would be the best option for his constituents, relieving congestion in the Dartford area and providing economic benefits across the region.\u00a0 In his letter, Michael\u00a0also emphasised the importance of properly connecting any new crossing into the wider road network.<\/p>\n<p>Michael said: &#8220;The ongoing problems at Dartford are affecting the daily lives of my constituents so a new crossing is urgently needed.\u00a0 I am calling on the Government to turn its welcome support for the principle of a new crossing into concrete, comprehensive action so that we can resolve this issue as soon as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael has called on the Government to announce its decision on a new Lower Thames Crossing. In a letter to the Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling MP, Michael\u00a0has pressed for urgent progress following the consultation conducted by Highways England earlier this year.\u00a0 With no announcement on the proposal in last week\u2019s Autumn Statement and increasing pressure &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1445\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Michael Pushes for New Thames Crossing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[452,39,12,492],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1445"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1449,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions\/1449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}