UK Government Centralizes Oversight of £10bn Lower Thames Crossing Project Amid Cost Concerns
The UK government has transferred control of the £10 billion Lower Thames Crossing tunnel project from the National Highways Agency to the Department for Transport (DfT). This shift is part of the Labour government's effort to tightly manage large infrastructure projects to prevent cost overruns and... [More info]
This is a really interesting read
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/lower...
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Terrible, maddening decision. £10bn when there's supposedly no money, in a climate emergency, to fund one 14mi road network expansion in the south east. What else could that money fund nationally? Imagine putting just some of that into active travel + public transport.
Dr Susi Arnott
plumiraq at KillBait
Bob Harvey
BicycleBen
Charles West