How the Lower Thames Crossing benefits your business

What is it?

A proposed new road connecting Kent and Essex through a tunnel beneath the River Thames.

On the south side of the River Thames, the new road would link to the A2 and M2 in Kent. On the north side, it would link to the A13 in Thurrock and the M25 in Havering.

It cost £6.4bn – £8.2bn, and will open a quicker freight connection for businesses in the Midlands and the North to the South and the continent.

There will be three lanes in both directions (apart from the southbound connection between the M25 and A13, where it would be two lanes)

Benefits

The LTC will:

– Support economic recovery by boosting local, regional and national economies
– Provide thousands of new jobs
– Offer new, more reliable connections, better journeys and fewer delays
– Be part of the biggest investment in our road network for a generation
– Nearly double road capacity between Kent and Essex
– Relieve congestion at Dartford by reducing
– vehicles using the crossing by 22%

Be part of the supply chain

Highways England is looking to engage with companies of all sizes who might be interested in working on the Lower Thames Crossing project.

SMEs play a key role in developing the national economy and local communities. We want to ensure SMEs and local businesses play a key part in the project’s supply chain and this is in line with the Government’s aspiration of ensuring 30% of all procurement spend is with SMEs.

The first stages of the procurement process focuses on large multidiscipline organisation that can manage and deliver big projects known as Tier One entities. Opportunities will follow for SMEs to bid for work on the project through these Tier Ones. We have set up a few things SMEs can do to keep up to date and maximise their opportunities to win work on the Lower Thames Crossing.

Register

You can register your business for the Supply Chain School and take modules on topics that will provide a firm basis for working on a major piece of infrastructure. This will help upskill your business, putting you in the best position to tender for work on the project.

You can also register your interest and keep up to date with procurement processes through the Bravo Portal, Highways England’s procurement tool.

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