Jan. 09 2019
Source Page: DfT: annual report and accounts 2017 to 2018Found: The Group incurred 3 signi˜cant types of loss in 2017-18: £53m on the Dartford Thurrock River Crossing
Jan. 09 2019
Source Page: DfT: annual report and accounts 2017 to 2018Found: Environmental: There could be an adverse impact on public health and the environment, if air quality
Jan. 09 2019
Source Page: DfT: annual report and accounts 2017 to 2018Found: The Group incurred 3 signi˜cant types of loss in 2017-18: £53m on the Dartford Thurrock River Crossing
Jul. 16 2018
Source Page: Highways England Annual Report and Accounts 2017 to 2018Found: Dartford crossing campaign Operation Tramline vehicles 24Driving for better business Driving for work
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of air pollution on the southern approach to the Dartford Crossing.
Answered by David Rutley
We model air pollution along the A282 which includes the southern approach to the Dartford Crossing. Our 2017 UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations was informed by our modelling which uses the latest available evidence, which indicates that all modelled sections of the A282 were compliant by 2017.
Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the volume of air pollution caused by traffic congestion on the Dartford Crossing.
Answered by Baroness Coffey
We have modelled air pollution concentrations for the Dartford Crossing that takes into account traffic data. Our latest modelling for the 2017 national plan has shown that there are no exceedances of pollutants on the Dartford Crossing.
Asked by: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on including the Dartford Crossing in his Department’s Air Quality Plan as a result of the reclassification of that crossing as an urban road in 2017.
Answered by Baroness Coffey
Since the Dartford Crossing was reclassified as an urban road by the Department for Transport, this section of road has been included in Defra’s air quality modelling.
Asked by: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Dartford Crossing (A282) will be included in his Department's Air Quality Plan.
Answered by Baroness Coffey
Yes, it has been.
Mentions:
1: Adam Holloway (CON - Gravesham) east of the existing crossing will do nothing to ease the long-standing congestion and pollution at - Speech Link
2: Paul Maynard (CON - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) The idea of a tunnel crossing at Dartford was first proposed in the 1920s. - Speech Link
3: Paul Maynard (CON - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) We take congestion at the Dartford crossing, and in the wider Dartford area, very seriously, which is - Speech Link
Written Evidence Nov. 22 2017
Inquiry: Improving air qualityFound: submitted by Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London (PATROL) (IAQ0182) EVIDENCE TO JOINT AIR