Michael has welcomed the Department of Transport\u2019s recent announcement regarding the new Lower Thames Crossing.<\/p>\n
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling announced that the Government\u2019s preferred route for a new Lower Thames Crossing is east of Gravesend and Tilbury.\u00a0 The development could create more than 6,000 jobs and boost the economy by over \u00a38 billion.<\/p>\n
The Transport Secretary also committed to investing \u00a310 million to improve traffic flow at the existing Dartford crossing.\u00a0 Highways England estimates that the Lower Thames Crossing will cost up to \u00a36.2 billion to develop.<\/p>\n
Michael said: \u2018Increasing capacity across the Thames will unlock huge economic potential.\u00a0 The proposals strike a balance between minimising the impacts on local communities and ensuring value for taxpayers\u2019 money.\u00a0 There is now greater potential for investment opportunities, for new housing, and for businesses to grow, which will create even more employment opportunities in the region.\u00a0 This is a stamp of confidence for Kent, but I will continue to make representations on behalf of my constituents as the development progresses.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Michael has welcomed the Department of Transport\u2019s recent announcement regarding the new Lower Thames Crossing. Transport Secretary Chris Grayling announced that the Government\u2019s preferred route for a new Lower Thames Crossing is east of Gravesend and Tilbury.\u00a0 The development could create more than 6,000 jobs and boost the economy by over \u00a38 billion. The Transport … Continue reading “New Lower Thames Crossing \u2018a stamp of confidence\u2019, says Sevenoaks MP”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1557,"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":[456,507,506,505,455],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552"}],"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=1552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1553,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552\/revisions\/1553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}