Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on traffic flows along Thurrock's local road network of option A and option C for the Lower Thames crossing.

The review report (available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-lower-thames-crossing-options-final-review-report) of location options A, B, C and Cvariant for the new Lower Thames crossing, which was published alongside the options consultation on 21^st May 2013, considered the potential impacts on the surrounding local road networks. Following the Secretary of State’s announcement of 15^th July 2014, these and many other potential impacts will now be examined in greater detail at both remaining location options A and C - and further consultation is expected to follow in late 2015 or early 2016.