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Former minister brands Lower Thames Crossing ‘unrealistic’

27 March 2009
 

Kent County Council has defended its support for a Lower Thames Crossing after a former transport minister said they should instead back extra crossing capacity at Dartford, where the M25 crosses the Thames.

Stephen Ladyman, the Labour MP for South Thanet in Kent, made the comments to last week’s Freight Transport Association conference on urban logistics.

Ladyman, who was a transport minister between 2005 and 2007, said extra capacity at Dartford could be delivered more quickly, at lower...

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